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NEW YORK — A historic judicial inquiry into the city’s handling of Eric Garner’s death from a New York Police Department officer putting him in a banned chokehold began Monday

De Blasio won’t commit to testifying in possible Garner inquiry Updated Apr 22, 2021; Posted Apr 22, 2021 A still from a YouTube video shows Eric Garner being taken to the ground by Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo. Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor Bill de Blasio did not commit Wednesday to testify for an inquiry into one of the city’s most high-profile police killings — the 2014 death of Eric Garner in Tompkinsville. That’s despite his vocal support for police reform this w...