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A police union spokesman says this was not a choke hold, but what's known as a seat belt maneuver, a common takedown tactic that's taught at the police academy. >> if you are speaking, can you breathe. unfortunately, he died for a number of reasons, and as the grand jury saw and the medical examiner said, it was not a choke hold that killed that person. so we feel badly that there was a loss of life, but, unfortunately, mr. garner made a choice that day to resist arrest. >> choke holds are not allowed by the nypd and we'll have to wait and see what the commissioner has to say about how they're...

Good afternoon, we start in new york. in the aftermath to the grand jury's decision in the eric garner case. any minute now, bill de blasio will hold that press conference and talk about the steps the city is taking to respond to the choke hold death of eric garner. and we'll bring that to you live as it gets underway. protesters have taken to the streets bringing traffic to a stand still in manhattan and shutting down major highways and bridges. police confirm 83 people were arrested in new york overnight. the anger spilled on to the streets across the nation. massive protests were held in ...

>> as a man who -- >> you have been listening to new york city mayor as his office and the nypd look to prevent things such as eric garner's death from happening again. i want to deal in rick leventhal, because is he live on the streets of new york city. this case raising new questions about police tactics. right? >> right, gretchen. what we expect to hear during this news conference at some point is about that retraining of police officers and the focussing on tactics of restraint and force that officers use to subdue suspects. obviously, a lot of attention now being placed on that choke hold...

Particularly on the grand jury facet of this. a prominent piece of so many of these cases of police accountability. is it every appropriate when what they're considering is justice for a police officer that there is often times so closely tied to. >> here's the thing, the state grand jury system and in the case of staten island and in the case of ferguson and these are state grand juries that work along with state elected prosecutors in staten island. the prosecutor is elected from staten island and richmond county and in ferguson the prosecutor is elected from st. louis county. this is an ind...

Hour. also the eric garner videotape that isn't getting as much attention today as maybe it should. we break down why that is something you should be tracking. what happened after the officer specifically took him down. it may actually shed more light on the break down of trust between communities and the police, supposedly protecting them. we'll be right back.