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Here. in an incident from february 2012, he was accused of making a false arrest and incarceration. the case remains open. in march gent 2012, he was accuf an illegal strip search. the nypd settled the suit for $30,000. you're an officer and have been on the streets. this guy has had some accusations before. now he comes, despite the medical examiner and says it wasn't a chokehold. he's allowed to go in the grand jury. no adversarial opposition there. how are you as one who has been on the streets as a police in new york, assess this. this guy, on tape, taking down, five guys around, and kept ...

Officer in the tamir rice case. a six-year veteran who was driving the police car. so are there serious questions about both officers involved in this case? >> i don't think it's just these two officers. i think what the federal government said in their report, and as a matter of fact, i just left the u.s. attorney's office here in northern ohio to come on to your show. and they talked about the word pattern. it's not just these two officers. it's a pattern of officers over the years of using excessive force to do their job. they have to use force in some occasions, but to continue as the gove...

Now, in the eric garner case nobody knows if federal charges will ultimately be brought against the officer in the eric garner case, but the federal prosecutor with jurisdiction for where this happened, remarkably, is this prosecutor. it's loretta lynch, who has just been nominated by president obama to become the next attorney general of the united states. how does that factor into this decision? joining us is paul butler, professor at georgetown law. thank you very much for being with us. >> it's great to be here, rachel. >> now that we've heard from the attorney general that federal investi...

Of investigation have been monitoring the local case closely while allowing the local investigation led by the district attorney's office in staten island to proceed first. earlier today the grand jury declined to return an indictment in this case. now that the local investigation has concluded, i'm here to announce that the just department will proceed with a federal civil rights investigation into mr. garner's death. >> attorney general eric holder speaking earlier this morning. the last time they charged someone with a choke hold was anthony baez who was killed in the bronx. the officer who...

Into national coverage. [ speaking foreign language ] >> latin america, europe and asia all covering the new york protests and the case. juanita wrote to us saying, i'm so proud of the people in new york standing together, black and white. i am, too. coming up, we'll discuss what's next in the federal investigation of the garner case. but keep the conversation going on our facebook or tweet us at politicsnation. right strip and shut your mouth. cold medicines open your nose over time, but add a breathe right strip and pow, it opens your nose up to 38% more. so you can breathe and do the one th...