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Emts who missed a chance to save eric garners life . A huge reversal in a shocking magazine story. A university of virginia firstyear student says she was drugged and gangraped. But now Rolling Stone magazine is apologizing. What led to this remarkable turnaround . Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with our National Lead. What seems to be a possible Tipping Point in Race Relations in this country, might be too soon to call it a movement. But the second night of protests over eric garners death were bigg bigger, larger crowds, more cities saw demonstrations...

Color people. >> yeah. >> why are you being so racist and hate? there's so much hate. so much hate for the black people and their skin. black is beautiful. black is beautiful. >> we have to say good-bye right now because we've run out of time. we've extended this interview because we wanted to keep talking to you. but first of all our deepest condolences and blessings, thoughts and prayers to your family. >> thank you. >> hope to have you on again and i hope that the protesters listen to you and i hope that everything stays peaceful -- >> yeah, that's what we want to stress. we want to stress ...

City grand jury's decision to not indict the police officer who put him in a fatal chokehold. live in new york, i want to go to eric garner's daughter, erica snipes garner, and benjamin laughton, eric garner's cousin. thank you both for being here. first of all, i'm so sorry for you loss. this is such a horrific tragedy. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you for having us. >> erica, beyond the incident and beyond the grand jury decision, eric garner was your dad. what do you want people to know about him? >> i just want them to know that his family loves him dearly and he was a family man. ...

Happy. >> you showed that you had -- >> you had a smile on your face. and people who just went through something so traumatic and didn't mean to do anything, why are you smiling? >> and i've got a video of officer in the police car throwing his two fingers up when he heard the verdict. that's clear-cut saying, i'm glad this guy didn't have to pay. because that means i can do the same thing he did and i will not have to pay. this is the message you're sending to all police officers across the country, not just new york city. >> yeah. >> that's wrong. we fear the police now. we should be -- >> y...