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A police union spokesman says this was not a choke hold, but whats known as a seat belt maneuver, a common takedown tactic thats taught at the police academy. >> if you are speaking, can you breathe. unfortunately, he died for a number of reasons, and as the grand jury saw and the medical examiner said, it was not a choke hold that killed that person. so we feel badly that there was a loss of life, but, unfortunately, mr. garner made a choice that day to resist arrest. >> choke holds are not all...

Good afternoon, we start in new york. in the aftermath to the grand jurys decision in the eric garner case. any minute now, bill de blasio will hold that press conference and talk about the steps the city is taking to respond to the choke hold death of eric garner. and well bring that to you live as it gets underway. protesters have taken to the streets bringing traffic to a stand still in manhattan and shutting down major highways and bridges. police confirm 83 people were arrested in new yor...

>> as a man who -- >> you have been listening to new york city mayor as his office and the nypd look to prevent things such as eric garners death from happening again. i want to deal in rick leventhal, because is he live on the streets of new york city. this case raising new questions about police tactics. right? >> right, gretchen. what we expect to hear during this news conference at some point is about that retraining of police officers and the focussing on tactics of restraint and force that...

Particularly on the grand jury facet of this. a prominent piece of so many of these cases of police accountability. is it every appropriate when what theyre considering is justice for a police officer that there is often times so closely tied to. >> heres the thing, the state grand jury system and in the case of staten island and in the case of ferguson and these are state grand juries that work along with state elected prosecutors in staten island. the prosecutor is elected from staten island a...

Hour. also the eric garner videotape that isnt getting as much attention today as maybe it should. we break down why that is something you should be tracking. what happened after the officer specifically took him down. it may actually shed more light on the break down of trust between communities and the police, supposedly protecting them. well be right back.

More often sexual harassment. sure, there are avenues for women to file complaints, but theres still that sigma that surrounds a woman who does. that shes a complainer, that shes possibly litigious. to change that we need more than just congress to look into overhauling the military justice system. we need systematic change in the acceptance of women who are brave enough to come forward at all. theyre at the podium. new york city mayor bill diblasio, police chigser bill bratton at the mike to ...

Certainly, i spoke to eric garners mother early this morning here at the scene where her son died and statements and words were very much appreciated that the sense that the mayor understands and, again, unlike in ferguson where we see local leadership and stumble, fumable and very opaque with the people and this is different when you have a mayor saying i understand and i have my own family and my own concerns for my own son and that goes a long way and that is playing out on staten island. >> ...

A grand jury, of course, sat for a period of nine weeks. the grand jury heard from a total of 50 witnesses. 22 witnesses were civilians. remaining witnesses were police officers, emergency medical personnel, and doctors. 60 exhibits were admitted into evidence, including four videos, records regarding nypd policies and procedures. medical records pertaining to treatment of the deceased, eric garner. once again, the breaking news happening right now is that the new york judge in staten island dec...

Growing today. attorney general eric holder announcing the results of an investigation into the cleveland police department just moments ago. an investigation that covered 600 incidents between 2010 and 2013. >> theres reasonable cause to believe that the cleveland division of public police engages in a pattern and practice of using excessive force, and as a result of it, systemic deficiencies, including insufficient accountability, inadequate training, ineffective policies and inadequate engage...

Essentially a ticket. this is like being stopped for speeding and then -- >> he wasnt even selling these cigarettes at the time. >> exactly. there was no evidence of him selling anything, and then they arrested him, which goes to the civil rights of the case. >> heres my problem with the whole situation. more so than anything else. show this part of the video. this is after the so-called choke hold, and this is when eric garner is down on the ground, gentlemen. nobodys helping him. it looks as i...