Eric Garner, Killed with Impunity

[canyonwalker]

It's like the events in Ferguson are a contagion that's spreading. Barely a week after a grand jury in St. Louis declined to charge police officer Darren Wilson for killing unarmed Black man Michael Brown, a grand jury in New York City declined to charge officer Daniel Pantaleo for killing unarmed Black man Eric Garner. [NY Times news story: "New

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[lbmango]

Also, in both cases, the DA inexplicably decided to show the grand jury defense testimony. The accused should NEVER be allowed to speak to a grand jury.

[canyonwalker]

I disagree that a grand jury should never consider exculpatory evidence. Consider