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In the ferguson, missouri case after a grand jury decided not to indict officer darren wilson in the death of 18-year-old michael brown, michael brown's family asked people to support their call for police officers across the country to be required to wear body cameras. there was no video evidence of wham in the shooting of amico brown in part because ferguson police did not regularly use cameras. on monday of this week, president obama announced that he would ask congress for $263 million to cover the cost of $50,000 new body cameras, plus training on the use of those cameras for police offic...

Police officer involved in the choking death of 43-year-old eric garner this summer. look at this picture. this is eric garner's mother and his widow watching president obama make those remarks today. as they're watching, you see who is there with them. they're standing alongside reverend al sharpton. reverend al has been at the central of this case and the response to it for months, ever since eric garner's death in july. he has held rallies here in new york city as the legal process has been unfolding. earlier this month he also spoke at eric garner's funeral. >> when you can in broad daylig...

>> letisha james, a public advocate, the number two position under mayor de blasio. thank you. letisha james joining us from the streets of staten island actually, from the site very near where eric garner was killed in july this year. these protests you're seeing in the streets of new york including some pretty disrummive protests start downing some big traffic news. these protests in response to the grand jury decision that there would be no charges brought against the new york city police officer who effectively killed mr. garner by putting him in what appeared to be a chokehold on the vide...

Since mr. garner's death, the district office for new york, the civil rights division and the federal bureau of investigation have been monitoring the local case closely while allowing the district attorney's office in staten island to proceed first. earlier today the grand jury failed to return an indictment in this case. now that the investigation has concluded i am here to announce the justice department will proceed with a federal civil rights investigation into mr. garner's death. attorney general eric holder speaking just a couple hours ago this evening. last time a new york city polic...

Several hundred people. i have to say i was most struck initially by how quiet and peaceful they are. in the middle of it all, there are just little white lights that say, black lives matter. i was eavesdropping on a couple of confidences and one man was being asked, we were listening to the police commissioner's conference and the mayor, they were talking about how this in the wake of the nonindictment in this eric garner case, how the entire police force here in new york will be retrained and one gentleman was saying, apparently lit be a three-tay day retraini. people here are thinking how i...