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Over his actions in july, videotaped by a bystander. cries from eric garner, a 350-pound black man, and father of six, who was taken down by police, suspected of selling cigarettes, tax-free. pantaleo put garner in a choke hold, a move prohibited by the nypd. >> i can't breathe! i can't breathe! >> reporter: moments later, garner, who suffered from asthma, lies limp on the pavement. he's taken away on a stretcher and later declared dead by a new york city hospital. the cause of death was, quote, compression of neck, choke hold, compression of check and prone positioning during physical restrai...

Protectors. there is something wrong with law enforcement where we expect police and prosecutors to police themselves with no good checks and balances. you can say what you want to about mike brown, this case is a case where you did not see somebody grabbing a gun, you did not see someone being violent back. you saw somebody that didn't want to go to jail but he said i can't breathe 11 times and it was on video and yet the whole world saw it and still that is not a crime. so i think the president needs to make sure that the public understands, this is about making policing better and strengthe...

>> it was 14 white jurors ton grand jury, nine non-white. they didn't break down the nine non-white. but 9 non-white, 14 grand juries who came up this decision to not indict. the patrol division issued a statement. it was clear the officer's intention was to do nothing more than take mr. garner into custody as instructed and that he used the takedown technique that he learned in the academy when mr. garner refused. no police officer starts a shift intending to take another human being's life. your reaction? >> when you look at this video, he was not being aggressive, he wasn't posing a threat ...

Johns. he's in new york. joe, what's the reaction where you are. you're in staten island, right? >> reporter: right, wolf. this is the location where that fatal altercation occurred back in july, between eric garner and dani pantaleo. there is a small crowd out here. if you'll take a look down the street, you'll see media intermixed with people standing on the street. we did see one demonstration coming through here. just a few people, probably a dozen carrying signs, chanting, no justice, no peace. all of this peaceful, at least so far, after that grand jury decision. tonight, new york city i...

Bill de blasio. he's supposed to come to the microphone literally any moment to react to this decision by the grand jury in new york. lots of tensions in new york right now as a result of this decision. our national correspondent, deborah feyerick is joining us. she's got new information. what are you learning, deb? >> reporter: well, wolf, tonight is the big tree lighting at rockefeller center. the nypd has made it very clear they're not going to tolerate a repeat of what happened in ferguson. that if there are demonstrators, they'll be orderly. but they are not going to condone or allow any ...