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The sad case of Eric Garner

By Kaylee McGhee White
Published July 17, 2019 4:35pm ET
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The sad case of Eric Garner
Activists with Black Lives Matter protest in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Tuesday, July 16, 2019, in the wake of a decision by federal prosecutors who declined to bring civil rights charges against New York City police Officer Daniel Pantaleo, in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner. | (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Five years later, the case of Eric Garner still lacks clarity.

Attorney General William Barr decided not to pursue federal civil rights charges against the New York Police Department officer accused of fatally choking the 43-year-old black man due to concerns that prosecutors couldn’t win the case.

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