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York, anthony baez was killed when an officer used a chokehold on him during an attempted arrest. the officer was found not guilty at trial but later convicted on federal charges of violating -- for violating civil rights. where does this federal investigation go and what might a federal case look like? joining me, former u.s. attorney kendall coffey and attorney susan carten who represented anthony baez's family here in new york city during that case. susan, you were in the middle of a very similar case, historic case. i remember well having come to rallies, came out here a couple of times. d...

Around. there are now hundreds of protesters who have taken over broadway. they're crying for justice. right now they're chanting "i can't breathe." those are the words that eric garner spoke on that video that people have seen as he was being held down by the police. another -- cry for justice. i asked -- what is justice after the grand jury decided not to indict the police officer? they said they lost in local court. they want to go to federal court because they believe this is a case that demands a trial and they want to see a trial. rachel? >> anne thompson in midtown manhattan with protes...

State prosecutors, have an extraordinary amount of discretion. so their main question will be is there some kind of miscarriage of justice that happened at the state level that means that we need to intervene? in the case that you brought up earlier, an ththony baez, the je at the state level said there had been a miscarriage of justice. he said the police out and out lied on the stand. so there was a lot of pressure for a federal prosecution. if there's similar pressure here, again, this was an incident that was caught on tape. the police officers ruled -- the medical examiner ruled that the ...

A grand jury in staten island, new york, that they would be bringing no charges against any new york city police officer for the choking death of eric garner. he died while people were trying to arrest imhhim for selling lo cigarettes near the staten island ferry terminal. that's what they thought he was doing and what they thought they were trying to arrest him for and he died in custody. the grand jury decision was leaked first then announced this afternoon. these protests you see springing up in manhattan at first sprang up organically in response to that. more protests in more places are p...

Upside down. i've testified before many grand juries and the whole way this is being conducted is very, very unusual. grand juries are a check on overzealous prosecutors, prosecutors who want to charge people who shouldn't be charged. that's what they sort of exist for. but prosecutors first have to believe like faith and seema both said, in probably cause and prosecution themselves to press the case with the grand jury. the prosecutor presses the case. this is what happened. this is what we believe happened. here's the witness that backs that up. you know, if a ham sandwich has a bunch of def...