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Because i mean, let's -- police, grand juries and prosecutors, they work together every day. the prosecutor's office is talking to the police who are handing over the cases who are then testifying in their trials. they're on the same team. >> right. they're on the same team and what happened here very clearly was it was the prosecutor's job get an indictment. if there's no indictment, the prosecutor has failed. we have to ask ourselves why is that? >> everyone saw it happen. >> i tell you exactly how that happened. here's how the process should have gone. they should have shown the videotape, ...

Germani williams, one of the most vocal critics of stop and friction, a tactic used under had mayor bloomberg, some of which have ended, some of which have been changed, some of which have been continued. your reaction to today's verdict. were you surprised? >> i've been vacillating between numbness and abject anger. it took me a while to even make some statements because most of my statements were toward what i assumed would be some b.s. charge that they would throw something and say here. it was almost -- >> some lower charge. >> it just blew me away that there was nothing there, that we can...

Leventhal from staten island with the very latest tonight. >> reporter: a very different scene here, sean. we're at 202 bay street. this is where eric garner died on the sidewalk back on july 17th. there's a makeshift memorial here with candles and flowers and signs. there is a small group of supporters. a larger demonstration earlier, but very peaceful throughout the day and throughout the night thanks in large part to eric garner's stepfather, ben, who had been here throughout the day and remains here tonight. he has been very vocal with the community about demonstrating peacefully, about no...

Was, compression of neck, choke hold, compression of chest and prone positions during physical restraint by police. the grand jury was convened in september by district attorney daniel donovan to decide whether or not there was probable cause to indict the officer seen on that tape ignoring garner's cries that he could not breathe and like the grand jury in ferguson, this one was a little unusual. especially convened to consider the specific case and like the ferguson grand jury it also heard all the evidence gathered by prosecutors like the ferguson grand jury. this one heard months of testim...

Because i mean, let's -- police, grand juries and prosecutors, they work together every day. the prosecutor's office is talking to the police who are handing over the cases who are then testifying in their trials. they're on the same team. >> right. they're on the same team and what happened here very clearly was it was the prosecutor's job get an indictment. if there's no indictment, the prosecutor has failed. we have to ask ourselves why is that? >> everyone saw it happen. >> i tell you exactly how that happened. here's how the process should have gone. they should have shown the videotape, ...