December 3, 2014
A woman, who did not want to give her name, places flowers at a memorial for Eric Garner near the site of his death in the borough of Staten Island Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014., in New York. A grand jury is deciding whether to indict a New York City police officer in the chokehold death of Garner. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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NYC cop in videotaped death: No intent to harm
NEW YORK (AP) — A white New York City police officer was cleared Wednesday in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man stopped on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes — a case that sparked outrage and drew comparisons to the deadly police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri.