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And the video that turned the words i can't breathe into a national rallying cry, the nypd fired the officer involved in garner's death. officer daniel pantaleo held garner in a prohibited choke hold for selling loose cigarettes in 2014. this follows the recommendation from the police administrative judge who found him guilty of reckless assault but the ultimate decision made by the police commissioner who said he's personally debated it since he took over the reins of the nypd. >> every time i watch that video, i say to myself as probably all of you do, to mr. garner, don't do it. comply. off...

Unrolled in secret. by the way, something that no one has mentioned yet that's important to note at the beginning of 2015, shortly after eric garner's tragic death an internal affairs suggested that pantaleo should be brought up on disciplinary charges and the department declined to so and then they waited four years. she actually had to find in the decision in order to recommend firing that not only had the officer broken the rules, but that he had done so at a level of criminal culpability. so this process was actually jerry-rigged from the get go to produce more of the same result which is ...

Director to be the prosecutor if and when this case went before the deputy commissioner of trial at the nypd. so that was an effort to bring an outsider into the ccrb, into the process to bring more transparency and also try to allay some of the community concerns that this issue was not going to be addressed -- >> all right. we are out of time as you can see. but thank you to all of you for joining us. and ron allen, who is at the court -- at the police station for us at one police plaza. >> jumaane, we agree this would be fantastic to continue the conversation but we're out of time. >> at 3:...

Any time you do something wrong, that there must be consequences and they must apply equally to police and to citizens. one last thing that i want to make sure that we're talking about here is that, you know, for black families across the country, the killing of a family member by the police is a concern that keeps them up at night. there are too many black families out here in the world today and in this country who are having conversations with their children about what to do if they are stopped by the police. because there are dynamics that are happening every single day in our communities ...

As you heard has just been agonizing, there would be accountability, someone would be blamed or held responsible for this death other than garner himself. so today there's perhaps some small measure of justice. they're obviously not satisfied. you heard from garner's family. they want more. they wanted the officer prosecuted. they want the case reopened but at least we have gotten to this point now where there's a decision about the officer. he loses his job. he can appeal, another complicated process. but that's where we are right now. >> alicia garza from black lives matter, do you see this ...