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Of new york but after being on the edge after ferguson, a far, far different case, the video of garner surrounded by police officers being grabbed in the chokehold that killed him is relayed again and again with commentators across the spectrum agreeing with the new york coverage "we are breathless." >> i will say upon seeing the video you just saw and hearing mr. garner saying he could not breathe, i was extreme troubled. i would have loosens my grip. i desperately wish the officer would have d...

I believe the vast majority of police officers are trying to do whats right. but if you watch this video, i dont see how you can justify. ive seen a lot of conservatives speaking out saying this was wrong. >> a lot of conservatives commentators, i would say, inclooet client to give the politics the benefit of the doubt in these situations. >> i think the video was so damming, its impossible to see beyond the fact that this guy was sitting on the ground for 11 minutes yelling i cant breathe, i ca...

Channels and on the local news. one of the reasons why it played and played and played is because it was a powerful tape. id argue without that cell phone video, the tragic death ever eric garner would not have been a national story. the video is evidence. its the reason why commentators from msnbc to fox were almost universally shocked by the grand jury decision. but that evidence is graphic. yet it was sometimes wallpaper thats a tv term we use when we play photos and videos over and over. it ...

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On the one hand it makes me know that what im doing is so important in schools that im trying to teach young people that race mds isnt just about calling someone the n word or feeling negatively about black people in your mind or soul. you know, professor eduardo banil silva says you can have racism without racists. and you have structural impediments that have people flourishing in reference to racial realities but may not appeal to somebodys conscious racial bias and weve got to really help pe...

Race? >> it is very hard to see how the grand jury would not indict on the evidence everybody has seen. i mean, all of the commentators are saying that. but i think the race piece is important. and i want to see if i can get into that with you. particularly because -- >> lets do that. but let me ask you quickly before we go to that. >> sure. >> why do we go there? why dont we just say -- under your argument that the police overreacted to put it charitably, why isnt it a case about excessive law ...

Grand jury failed in staten island, how did they arrive at their decision? vincent warren is the executive director of the center for constitutional rights and a former attorney for the aclu. in a moment we will also be joined by former police commissioner bernard carric. the question tonight is whether theres any reason to believe that perhaps this grand jury could have reached its decision based on something other than race? >> it is very hard to see how the grand jury would not indict on the ...

Resisting arrest, was not being a jerk. the video is very, very clear. how this cop did not go to jail, was not held responsible, is beyond me. >> well, thats -- >> not even indicted. >> hes not even indicted. >> right. >> glenn beck isnt alone. in fact, theres been a huge array of conservative thinkers and writers and media personalities who are more or less saying the same thing that i think most people say when they see that video, which is something horrible happened here and there should at...

A jerk. the video is very, very clear. how this cop did not go to jail, was not held responsible, is beyond me. >> well, thats -- >> not even indicted. >> hes not even indicted. >> right. >> glenn beck isnt alone. in fact, theres been a huge array of conservative thinkers and writers and media personalities who are more or less saying the same thing that i think most people say when they see that video, which is something horrible happened here and there should at least be a criminal indictment....

The police or this sort of sthing a tragic accident. >> well, a couple of things, chris. on the one hand it makes me know that what im doing is so important in schools that im trying to teach young people that race mds isnt just about calling someone the n word or feeling negatively about black people in your mind or soul. you know, professor eduardo banil silva says you can have racism without racists. and you have structural impediments that have people flourishing in reference to racial reali...