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You can see them moving in manhattan right now. also the demonstrations continuing here in washington and elsewhere. jeffrey, protesters chanted "i cant breathe," those were the final words eric garner was heard saying just before his death. i am going to play a little bit of the videotape to try to show what went wrong in those final minutes. were not going to speak. im just going to let you hear the conversation there in staten island. >> im minding my business, officer. im minding by business...

Into the pavement. the tape captured eric garner saying what turned out to be his dying words, "i cant breathe" at least eight times. those words have become a rallying cry. 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! dont touch me! >> i cant breathe. i cant breathe, i cant breathe, i cant breathe. i cant breathe, i cant breathe. >> i cant breathe. eric garners last words. after a staten i...

Officer. >> people have a right to protest peacefully. and we will respect that right. but if we think public safety is compromised, the police will act very assertively to address that problem. >> july 17th, eric garner died after confrontation with new york city police. a bystander catches it all on video. first, officers approach him on a staten island street for allegedly selling loose cigarettes, then a group of officers swarm him. >> dont touch me. dont touch me. >> garner tells police not...

Allegedly selling loose cigarettes. then a group of officers swarm him. >> dont touch me. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: garner tells police not to touch him. he puts his lands up and hes wrestled to the ground. repeatedly the 43-year-old with asthma tells officers he cant breathe. >> i cant breathe, i cant breathe. >> reporter: new york citys medical examiner ruled the death a homicide caused in part by chokehold, a tactic barred by the nypd. the autopsy concluded asthma, obesity and a heart condition...

Military community. >> well put it on ours as well, so if everyone watching wants to lend a hand and the great work you continue to do, exceptional man doing exceptional things. i really want to give him a hug. >> dont touch me. thank you. >> coming up on this wednesday, the president is ready to spend millions for body cameras on police officers, but will that make a difference? peter johnson, jr. is here. hes wearing one of the cameras right now. we can see him. he can see us. first on this ...

>> reporter: thats garner, a black 43-year-old father of six weighing 350 pounds. several new york city police officers are about to take him down. >> dont touch me, [ bleep ]. dont touch me, [ bleep ]. >> reporter: look closely, one officer, who is white, has his arm around garners neck. >> put your hand behind your back. >> reporter: listen to garners characterize, muffled by the pavement. >> i cant breathe. >> reporter: what might may have not known is that garner suffers from asthma. his bod...

Gardner, who had asthma, died after a police officer put him in a choke hold. he can be heard on amateur video gasping and repeatedly saying "i cannot breathe." a new york grand jury decision expected this week on whether that officer will face criminal charges. randi kaye reports. >> reporter: july 17th, eric gardner is about to be arrested in staten island, new york, for illegally selling loose cigarettes, but something goes horribly wrong and its all caught on tape by a bystander. >> im mindi...

Cigarettes. but something goes horribly wrong. and its all caught on tape by a bystander. >> im minding my business, officer. im minding my business, please, just leave me alone. >> reporter: thats garner, a black 43-year-old father of six weighing 350 pounds. several new york city police officers are about to take him down. >> dont touch me, please. do not touch me. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: look closely. one officer daniel pantaleo who is white has his arm around garners neck. >> put your hands ...

Garners death. >> reporter: july 17th, eric garner is about to be arrested in staten island, new york, for illegally selling loose cigarettes. but something goes horribly wrong, and its all caught on tape by a bystander. >> im minding my business, officer. im minding my business! please leave me alone! >> thats garner, a black 43-year-old father of six weighing 350 pounds. several new york city police officers are about to take him down. >> dont touch me. dont touch me. [ bleep ]. >> one officer...

Gasping andsaying, i cannot breathe. a grand jury will meet to discuss whether that officer who face criminal charges. randi kaye reports. >> reporter: july 17th, eric gardner is about to be arrested in staten island, new york, for illegally selling loose cigarettes, but something goes horribly wrong and its all caught on tape by a bystander. >> im minding my business, officer. im minding my business. please, just leave me alone. >> reporter: thats gardner, a black 43-year-old father of six weig...