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Garner's widow says that's an apology she cannot accept. >> the time for remorse would have been when my husband was yelling to breathe. that would have been the time for him to show some type of remort or some type of care for another human being's life. when he was screaming 11 times that he can't breathe. so there's nothing that him or his prayers or anything else would make me feel any different. my husband is six feet under and i'm looking for a way to feed my kids now. who's going to play santa claus for my grand kids this year? he played santa claus for my grand kids. who's going to do ...

On the pavement. he's taken away on a stretcher and later declared dead at a nearby hospital. the new york city medical examiner ruled garner's death a homicide. the cause of death was, quote, compression of neck, chokehold, compression of chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police. >> this was an arrest for an extremely minor crime. and it certainly seems to many people that the police should pay a price for that kind of arrest ending in a death. >> following the grand jury decision, officer pantaleo released a statement extending condolences to the garner family. quote, ...

>> a grand jury decide not to indict a police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed man. earlier, protesters packed into times square. they marched through manhattan. they stopped traffic on the city's west side highway as well. some of those demonstrators are still out. they' been largely peaceful and for the most part police have let the protesters have their say. >> now the case in question goes back to july when police on staten island tried to arrest 43-year-old eric garner, accusing him of selling cigarettes illegally. you're looking at that video that everyone has been watching v...

>> this has everyone around the country watching, including u.s. attorney eric holder. he says the justice department will proceed with a federal 1i68 rights investigation. >> in egs to performing our own investigative work, the dafrmt will conduct a complete review of the material gathered during the local investigation. now, we've all seen the vet of mr. garner's arrest. his death, of course, was a tragedy. all lives must be valued. all lives. mr. garner's death is one of several recent incidents that have tested the sense of trust that must exist between law enforcement and communities they...

A grand jury's decision once again to indict a white police officer in the death of an unarmed black man. suspected of selling loose cigarettes. joe johns is in new york and filed this report. >> this is what democracy looks like. >> new yorkers take to the streets to protest a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer daniel pantaleo over his actions in staten island in july. >> it's a very emotional day for our city. >> the outrage is all the result of garner's altercation with police that was videotaped by a neighbor. garn garner, a 350-pound black man and father of six was taken d...