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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Former RNC chairman: 'Black man's life not worth a ham sandwich' — Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Wednesday criticized grand jury decisions to not indict white police officers in the deaths of black men in New York and Ferguson, Mo.
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Hands Up, Don't Choke: Eric Garner Was Killed By Police For No Reason — On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner was choked to death by a New York City policeman. On December 3, 2014, a grand jury chose not to indict the officer who killed him. And unlike the Michael Brown case in Ferguson …
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
Eric Garner and the Crime Drop — The so-far inexplicable decision of the grand jury that decided not to hand down an indictment in the case of a New York City police officer who put a deadly choke-hold on Eric Garner points to the complexities of managing police policy and strategy 20 years …
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Uri Friedman / The Atlantic Online:
Do Police Body Cameras Actually Work? — It may be the most significant reform to follow the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown. — On Monday, President Obama requested $75 million in federal funds for a technology that, as he sees it, could help bridge the kinds of rifts between …
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Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
A Grand Jury Did Indict One Person Involved In Eric Garner's Killing — The Man Who Filmed It — On Wednesday, a Staten Island grand jury decided not to return an indictment for the police officer who put Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, in a chokehold shortly before his death.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Michael Brown, and Now Eric Garner — At some point between the moment a Missouri grand jury refused to indict a police officer who had shot and killed Michael Brown on a Ferguson street and the moment a New York grand jury refused to indict a police officer who choked and killed Eric Garner …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Pete King: Eric Garner Wouldn't Have Died From Chokehold If He Weren't ‘Obese’ — While many on the right condemned a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer for placing a black man in a fatal chokehold, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) defended the officer Tuesday and said that if the victim …
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New York Times:
Officer Daniel Pantaleo Told Grand Jury He Meant No Harm to Eric Garner — It was never supposed to be a chokehold, the officer testified. It was a wrestling move. — After two months of considering evidence in the fatal choking of Eric Garner on July 17, a grand jury on Staten Island …
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Politico:
Container-in-chief — Once more, Obama tries to quell public rage after the non-indictment of a police officer. — For the second time in ten days, the Obama administration is scrambling to contain tensions and anger unleashed by a local grand jury's decision not to charge a white police officer …
New York Times:
A Search for Justice in the Eric Garner Case
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Sara Fischer / CNN:
Rand Paul blames Eric Garner's death on high NYC cigarette tax
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New York Times:
Wave of Protests After Grand Jury Doesn't Indict Officer in Eric Garner Chokehold Case
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Department of Justice:
Statement by Attorney General Holder on Federal Investigation Into Death of Eric Garner
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Nia-Malika Henderson / Washington Post:
With Eric Garner, Obama's body camera argument just took a big hit
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ABC News:
Watch: Obama After Eric Garner Decision: ???This Is an American Problem???
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Washington Post:
No charges for New York officer in chokehold death of Eric Garner
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Dem Sen. Gillibrand: I Will Ask Justice Department To Investigate Chokehold Death
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Manu Raju / Politico:
GOP unlikely to reverse ‘nuclear option’ — GOP senators were outraged at Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for invoking the “nuclear option” last year, calling his push to weaken the filibuster on presidential nominees a destructive and heavy-handed move with far-reaching consequences.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
The money majority — Mitch McConnell has a plan to stay in control of the Senate.
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David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Ben Carson Lashes Out At Wolf Blitzer: Don't ‘Focus On The Words’ When I Compare U.S. To Nazis — Possible Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson on Wednesday lashed out at CNN host Wolf Blitzer for “focusing on the words” that he used when he compared the United States to Nazi Germany.
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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Ben Carson: Presidency ‘horrible and stressful’
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Alexandra Jaffe / CNN:
Ben Carson stands by comparison of U.S. to Nazi Germany
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Katie McDonough / Salon:
“It makes me really depressed”: From UVA to Cosby, the rape denial playbook that won't go away — Rolling Stone's piece on sexual violence may have been imperfect — but here's why its backlash was pre-ordained — Rolling Stone contributing editor Sabrina Rubin Erdely's report on a culture …
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Joel Connelly / Strange Bedfellows:
Landrieu warns about Cantwell: Cantwell raises money for Landrieu — Beleaguered Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., underdog in her forthcoming Senate runoff election, warned Pelican State voters on Wednesday that her defeat would elevate an advocate of “windmills” to a powerful position on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
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Chrstrauss / USA Today:
Kenny Smith's open letter to Charles Barkley about Ferguson - A For The Win exclusive. — (Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images) … Dear Chuck, — I hope this finds you in the way I always see you, in great spirits, with great joy and full of life.
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