Page 30 - Touch Me News Today

This is "world news now." good morning to you. im reena ninan. >> im t.j. holmes. we begin with the furious reaction to another racially charged case against the police. for the second time in ten days, a grand jury has decided there will be no indictment. >> protesters poured into the streets of new york as word spread that the white nypd officer will not stand trial for the chokehold death of an unarmed black man. the crowds were angry as they blocked busy streets across manhattan. but there...

The neck from behind. mr. garner stumbled. he fell to the ground. at least three other officers converged on him, held him down forcibly. and he died there on the street. this video of the incident was posted online several hours after the incident happened. posted online bic the "new york daily news." it was taken by a bistander on a sell phone and shows this very disturbing scene on the street in july. it shows the one officer grabbing him by the neck and others holding hit head down by force ...

But the medical examiner ruled death by homicide, compression of check and compression of prone positioning during physical restraint by police. so i think were sort of getting into the weeds of whether this was a chokehold or not. i do believe when i look at it from a former prosecutors perspective, it is clear to me that that was the use of excessive force. i dont know, and im sure, officer, you will disagree with me, when you talk about resisting arrest, ive seen a lot of resisting arrest cas...

The minute that it gets a little bit heated, they tend to let them move on. what i found interesting is a lot of the people ive spoken to said tonight was the first night they came out, despite the fact that there has been ongoing protests in new york. >> interesting. >> i think that for some new yorkers, this particular one struck a chord, and new people came out. >> i understand. kate osborn reporting for us. from out on the streets among protesters who right now are crossing the brooklyn brid...

Bystander. police dont back down. about 20 seconds later, garner is still trying to explain he had done nothing wrong. >> just leave me alone. i told you last time please leave me alone. >> within seconds with garners hands in the air police make their move. >> dont touch me, dont touch me. do not touch me. >> just two seconds after they first grab him, the officer in the green t-shirt with the number 99 on the back of it has his arm wrapped around garners neck. in all, it takes about four offic...

You want to stop me. say im selling cigarettes. im minding my business, officer. im minding by business. please, just leave me alone. told you the last time, please leave me alone. >> hold on. >> dont touch me, please. do not touch me. [ bleep ]. >> damn, man. >> i cant breathe. i cant breathe. i cant breathe. i cant breathe. i cant breathe. i cant breathe. >> you heard garner saying there in the final moments that he was conscious was, i cant breathe, i cant breathe, i cant breathe, i cant brea...

Massive resistance. keep your hands off me. dont touch me. when he, in fact, was confronted. >> yeah. >> theres another problem creeping into the culture of policing, has been for some time. and that is fear. police officers in my judgment, particularly white police officers are excessively and disproportionately afraid. its not a socially acceptable emotion in the police culture. but theyre afraid of young black men. and the bigger the black man, the darker the skin of the black man, the more e...

>> every time you see me youre arresting me. im tired of it. this stops today. >> this guy right here is forcibly trying to lock somebody up for breaking up a fight. >> im standing here. didnt do nothing. i did not sell nothing. >> why are you -- >> every time i see you you want to harass me, stop me, trying to sell cigarettes. im minding my business, officer. im minding my business. please, just leave me alone. i told you the last time, please just leave me alone. please. >> hold on. >> dont it...

>> hold on. >> dont touch me. dont touch me. >> whoa. >> damn. >> i cant breathe. i cant breathe. i cant breathe. i cant breathe. i cant breathe. i cant breathe. i cant breathe. >> new york medical examiner would later rule garners death homicide caused by another person determining the cause of death was "compression of neck, chokehold, comprefgs chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police." the grand jury was convened in september by staten island district attorney daniel d...

Words, "i cant breathe. i cant breathe. i cant breathe. i cant breathe. i cant breathe." at least eight times. those words have become a rallying cry in these protests. tonight in new york and around the country, because "i cant breathe" were the last words that eric garner spoke as he was being killed. >> dont touch me. [ bleep ]. >> all right, get down. >> give us your hands, buddy. >> where are your hands, buddy? >> i cant breathe. i cant wreath. i cant breathe. i cant breathe. i cant breathe...