al sharpton introduces eric garner's widow.idow and mother of eric garner. >> i do not know what to say. what -- i do not know what to say. thank you so much for your support. we miss him so much. i do not know what else to stay -- to not know what else to say. thank you for coming out to support me and get justice for my husband. >> we have a retired police officer here in support of what we are doing. i want to bring him to the stage. -- will you stand by and [indiscernible] you are just as bad as the rest of them and all of you should be held accountable. say,ther thing i want to the reason why we want all of in the case to be held accountable and arrested, when our kids decide to do something that [indiscernible] case, andic garner's he said i cannot breathe and they did nothing, [indiscernible] >> my name is constance. the staten island da should not be prosecuting this case. cop --ot want the same when they dropped the ball. we cannot have that happen. we need the feds to come in and take this case. we need accountability

the issue here is the choke hold that was placed on eric garner that led to his death. we now have a video that establishes that and a medical examiner's report that has followed up that finding by finding that it was, indeed, a homicide. >> and vince warren, in the old days before video you make an arrest like that and that would be one way of fixing that particular eyewitness's testimony to work in a much more favorable direction for the police but the trouble here is his testimony doesn't matter, it's his video that tells the story and it doesn't matter what orta has done before or since that video. >> oh, that's 100% right. and what do we know? we know what we saw. we know that the medical examiner has said that this is a killing by the police when mr. garner was in custody and the next step, really, is how do we think about this as a community and in our relationship with the police department? my organization, the center for constitutional rights, won the stop and frisk case last year and the city of new york, the mayor, the police commissioner, the police union a

large crowd gathered there in support of the family of eric garner. 43-year-old father of six who died in police custody last month after being held in an aparent choke hold. no one has been charged in this case, but his death has been ruled a homicide. up next, we have new fears in the ebola crisis. two new cases show how time is of the essence when it comes to quarantining patients. 12 brands. more hotels than anyone else in the world. like super 8, where every destination is super. for a chance to win one million dollars, visit wyndhamrewards.com spokesperson: you can get a $1,000 turbocharged with a new card volkswagen turbo. so why are we so obsessed with turbo? because there's nothing more exhilarating than a powerful ride. and you can get that in places you might not expect. like the passat. and also in the fun-to-drive jetta. in fact, volkswagen has sold more turbos than any other brand over the last ten years. that is a lot of turbo. avo: get a $1,000 turbocharged reward card on new 2014 turbo models or lease a 2014 passat s for $189 a month

it's officer pantolio you see in the video using the choke hold on eric garner.ttorney general eric holder has confirmed that justice department prosecutors are monitoring the city's investigation. at a rally on saturday, eric garner's mother and widow reacted to the medical examiner's ruling the death a homicide. >> yesterday when i heard the coroner's report, i tell you, i was downtown brooklyn and i was in a store and when i got the telephone call i guess people thought i was crazy. i just start saying "thank you, jesus." [ applause ] i. >> i met with the prosecutors and i feel like i did the right thing by doing that and i just want them do the right thing and give me justice for my husband. [ applause ] >> ramsey orta, the man who recorded the choke hold incident on that video you just saw was arrested over the week end in that same neighborhood for criminal possession of a weapon. police charged him with two counts of criminal procession of a .25-caliber norton semiautomatic handgun. that handgun, the police say, mr. orta passed to a teenaged girl just befo

it was a tragic case of eric garner. >> eric garner is the staten island man who died in police custody after an alleged chokehold. >> mr. garner was selling what's called in new york city loosies, untaxed cigarettes at 75 cents apiece. >> jon: sure, that's how it starts. but the next thing you know, that guy's selling gum one stick at a time and pringles by the chip. [laughter] pringles singles or springles, as they're known on the street. well, we can at least hope eric garner's senseless death marks the end of excessive force by police. >> the new york city police department says up to 1,000 reports of suspects being placed in illegal chokeholds may now have to be reviewed. >> nypd officials say the entire force may have to be retrained. >> jon: okay, retraining lesson number one: this is a camera phone. when that is pointed at you, officer, stop strangling the person. [laughter] for more, we turn to senior... [cheering and applause] oh, okay. i'm sorry. i didn't know senior black correspondent, i didn't realize we were talking about racial issues. i thought this was going to be the

new york man. >> [indiscernible] >> once again, the police beating up on people. >> two weeks ago eric garneried when a new york police placed him in a chokehold after he was confronted illegally selling single cigarettes known as "loosies." over the weekend the police arrested the man who videotaped garner's death on his cell phone. we will speak to two mothers whose sons were killed by new york police and look at the crackdown on citizens filming incidents of police brutality. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. israel has pulled its ground forces out of the gaza strip as a proposed 72-hour ceasefire enters its seventh hour. israeli and palestinian factions have agreed to attend talks in cairo to negotiate a longer-term agreement. gaza officials say at least 1,865 palestinians, most of them civilians, died during israel's offensive which began on july 8. israel says 64 of its soldiers and three civilians have been killed. nearly a quarter of gaza's 1.8 million resident were displaced during the fighting which d

he explained to his daughter this morning that eric garner was a father just like him. what do you want her to learn? >> well, i want her to know that human beings, their rights should be respected. >> reporter: in the midst of what some say is a national crisis, today was about a community coming together in support. >> my father is very proud right now. i know he's looking down. >> reporter: kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >>> we turn now to the record breaking drought in the west. not only is it drying out the region, it's gotten so severe that it's literally changing the landscape. here's nbc's joe fryer. >> reporter: it's easy to see the drought's impact on the surface. at la jolla farming in california, 80% of this year's grapes are rotting. but there's also an impact you can't see below the surface. >> groundwater levels in many areas of the state are well below their historical lows of record already. >> reporter: during drought years up to 60% of the water used by californians comes from the ground. now wells are running dry, which means robert nick's com

this is the late eric garner's mother.e will come back to her and to other family members in a moment. we'll continue to monitor it for you. as you imagine, this is obviously a very emotional and difficult time for the family. we'll come back to that. while the family is preparing their statement, i do want to look at a statement by mayor de blasio, sort of playing on what you're just saying, dean. de blasio's statement, the mayor's statement said we all have a responsibility to heal the wounds from decades of mistrust and create a culture where the police department and communities respect each other and that's a responsibility commissioner brown and i take seriously. we make a change and will. as mayor i remain committed to ensuring that this won't happen again. but, honestly, that notion of, oh, this is a both sides issue, no. one side is empowered with the power of the state and has acted illegally and caused the death of the other side. this isn't a two-sided issue. >> i was just going to give dean credit where credit

what we saw was eric garner being killed at the hands of police officers.t matter what the pedigree of the person taking the video was. what matters is the video was made and the question for mr. lynch and for the police department is what the heck are we going to do about it? turns out in our stop and frisk case, we're all coming to the table in a reform process to be able to understand what are the remedies to that practice. the community and the union are going to be at the table. that's the opportunity for us to really say how should the communities be treated in these police interactions, how can we keep the mpolice and the community safe. >> what's the responsibility of the mayor? he was elected, in large part, a lot of people believe, because he vowed to change the stop and frisk policy. obviously his son, that ad he did, where he visually showed is he too could be somebody who could be stopped under this policy. grade the mayor so far on his response to what's happened to eric garner. >> the mayor has been out there and out front saying, i think, un

michael brown's parents said they plan to march this weekend in new york city to demand justice for eric garner.

the insider's view of the arrest that ended the life of eric garner, correspondent adam may, with others who say it just didn't have to be that way. >> i have utmost respect for the police officer doing his job but you can't consul rot eneggs. yoten eggs.you have a duty to a. >> good evening, thanks for being with us. i'm joie chen. it's got the mak makings of a hollywood blockbuster. what's happening in africa now is far worse. the outbreak of this usually fatal disease and how quickly a didldeadly outbreak might be mog from africa to our states, might be closer. atlanta is ground central for experimental effort to save two american missionaries. testing a man who arrived from africa and who might have brought ebola with him. we get details from "america tonight's" sarah hoye. >> according to mt. sinai hospital, the man was admitthis morning, with high fever. he had been traveling in west africa country where ebola has been reported. worst outbreak ever of one of the deadliest diseases on earth. ebola kills 90% of people who contract it but for one boston doctor it is a risk she is will

the medical examiners's office ruled eric garner's death a homicide. in the video of the july 17th incident, you can hear garner on the ground as officers restrain him for allegedly selling illegal cigarettes. the examer said the compression of his neck and chest caused his death while his acute asthma and other medical conditions were factors. his wife joined reverend al sharpton to get them to file charges. federal officials are monitoring the investigation. meanwhile, the man who shot that video that sparked the national outrage he's due in court this morning after he was arrested saturday. 22-year-old ramsey appeared on "newsnation" with me last month is charged with criminal possession of a weapon. officers allegedly saw him stuffing a handgun into a woman's waistband as he left a hotel. his family says he was set up. while in a statement the police crownon said the arrest, quote, only underscores the dangers that brought police officers to respond to chronic crime conditions in that community. joining us to talk about this in another edition he h

with the family of eric garner. the march is set to end at the staten island district attorney's office where a rally demanding justice for garner will begin at 1:00 p.m. joining me with more on today's march is ed todd johnson, a multimedia correspondent, for the gre owe.com. todd, what can we expect and who can we expect to see at today's march? >> good morning, melissa. you can expect a whole lot of activity and a whole lot of defensemmonstrators here to rem eric garner's life and also ask for action, asking for for change and a new kind of training and tactics from the new york police department. there's not a lot going on right now. it's relatively calm. there are buses of defensemmonss that have arrived. there's been a lot of changes that have had to happen to make this rally possible this morning. a number of businesses in the area here on staten island have closed in and ticipation of everyone being here today to avoid problems or disruptions that may occur to their businesses. that's certainly in play. there

>> i want to pick up where we left off, which is on the larger kp implications of the death of eric garnerwrote in an op-ed, quote, garner's death is not a symbol. his death is a heart-breaking symptom of the untested and overaggressive policing culture that has become commonplace from new york to california. talk about that culture, mr. brooks. what can be done with it, because there's been a lot of discussion about community policing, and yet it's 2014 and you still have instances like this. >> yes. we believe at the naacp that based upon the best research, the experiences of people in communities all across the country, that police departments can best serve the public when they both protect and respect the communities that they serve. community policing makes it easier to protect communities, but also protect the lives of police officers who serve those communities. and so it's a matter of demonstrating fairness and proportionality and not punishing people for small quality of life crimes. >> you have talked about the need to improve those processes. critics would say when you look at

comparisons have been made between michael brown's death and that of eric garner in new york city.lack men who each died at the hands of white cops. but there are differences as well. a side by side look at both these cases coming up. so factors like diet can negatively impact good bacteria? even if you're healthy and active. phillips digestive health support is a duo-probiotic that helps supplement good bacteria found in two parts of your digestive tract. i'm doubly impressed! phillips' digestive health. a daily probiotic. i'm mom at the playground the kids get trail mix, and you get a delicious milo's kitchen chicken meatball. i wish you liked my cooking that much. milo's kitchen. made in the usa with chicken or beef as the number one ingredient. the best treats come from the kitchen. >>> welcome back. we're live in ferguson, 12 days after shooting death of michael brown. sadly cases like this happen all across the country. in new york, a grand jury will hear evidence next month in the case of eric garner who died in a police choke hold. athena jones has more and we must warn you

for a federal investigation. >> eric garner is dead. the person who videotaped the incident was arrested. but the officer who killed eric garner is free and still on the nypd payroll. there is something wrong with that picture. >> civil rights leader al sharpton also denounced the so-called smear campaign against victims of police brutalitbruta he was killed by being arrested for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes. police released footage of the teen stealing arizocigars an sae police knew nothing about the encounter that had to do with the teen's death. >> to bury this boy, to try to demondonize him. like that in any way mitigates what was done to him. >> deaths like browns and garners aren't uncommon. >> it's a national problem. according to a u.s.a.a analysis between 2005 and 2012, nearly twice a week, a white officer killed a black person. nearly one fifth of those victims were under the age of 21. >> it's a reality people hearsay their children learn at a wrung age. >> it's hard because if i was a white person, i would be treated

the heels of protests of the murder of an unarmed teen in ferguson, missouri. >> the timing of eric garner and also michael brown down in missouri, it's the timing but it's going to show that this is a national problem. >> two new york city police officers involved in garner's death are being investigated. one was placed on desk duty. another stripped of his gun and badge. last week, the district attorney announced he would convene a grand jury to consider charges against the officers. >>> for the first time in two weeks, there were zero arrests overnight in ferguson, missouri the community continued its protest and not all protests were against the police. jay gray has the latest from ferguson. >> reporter: smoke filled the air again today in ferguson but this time it's the smell of barbecue. not the teargas or pepper spray that had clouded this community for more than a week. >> we want to get it back to what it was before. but we want to keep going and make it better than it was before. >> reporter: before michael brown was shot and killed. the naacp held a peaceful march through the ne

we saw with the eric garner rally in new york on saturday that you were one of the chief organizers of. where does this go from here? it feels like there's something coalescing here but yet has taken its full shape. what do you see happening next? >> i think that you're seeing different parts come together. that's what a movement is. there's a difference between an organization and a movement. from my studies of the civil rights movement in the '60s, and i've been fortunate enough have been mentored by some of those who led it like reverend y.t. walker. there was doctor king and others doing other things and the sncc, student nonviolent committee. all of these things made the civil rights movement successful, and i think you're seeing disconnected factions that are moving the same way, addressing the militarization of police, addressing how the federal government needs to have laws, setting a climate. we saw, chris, the first time that i can find in history, certainly in my lifetime, a sitting attorney general come to the scene of a civil rights crisis. we give a lot of credit to bobby

representatives will be attending the funeral of michael brown. [ chanting ] >>> they want justice for eric garner who died after police put him in a choke hold. thousands protest police brutality. [ explosion ] >>> israel escalates gaza air strikes, levelling an apartment building. soldiers join kurdish forces. we take a deeper look in the islamic state group, how it's reciting fighters and funding its efforts. >>> it's good to have you with us. it's been exactly two weeks since a police officer shot and killed michael brown, an unarmed black teenager in missouri. it sparked a week and a half of protests, unrest and strong-armed police tactics. earlier it was in support of david wilson, the officer that shot michael brown. diane eastabrook was there and has more. >> reporter: under a scorching sun they waived placards and displayed peace signs. backers of ferguson police officer david wilson. >> support him because he's innocent until proven guilty. and the media is trying to convict him. organizers say it's a way to provide financial and emotional support to wilson, who has remained in hiding si

reporter: this cell phone video ignited outrage when a police officer used a choke hold to subdue eric garner died a an hour later. the new york city medical examiner ruled his death a homicide. garner's wife broke down as protesters passed sidewalk where the incident happened. >> i'm hoping that this will, you know, bring justice for my son. that's all we're asking for is justice. >> reporter: protesters walked past the district attorney's office which has agreed to present the garner case to a grand jury for consideration of criminal charges. police choke holds are banned in new york city. >> people by the thousands really want to see police reform. this is not antipolice but it is antipolice violating the law. >> reporter: the nypd had a lamp presence at the rally. uniformed officers were joined by community police officers dressed in polo shirts and pants. authorities didn't want to appear threatening to a crowd determined to move forward. jericka duncan for cbs3 "eyewitness news." >> well, two rallies today in ferguson, missouri, this afternoon the saint louis county naacp held a youth m

the timing of eric garner and also mike brown down in missouri -- it's the timing but it's going to show that this is a national problem. >> two new york city police officers involved in garner's death were disciplined. one was placed on desk duty, another stripped of his gun and badge. last week, the district attorney announced he would convene a grand jury to consider charges against the officers. >>> for the first time in two weeks, there were zero arrests overnight in ferguson, missouri. still the community continued its protests and not all demonstrators stood against the police. there was new support for the officer who shot and killed michael brown. nbc bay area's jay gray has the latest from ferguson. >> reporter: smoke filled the air again today in ferguson, but this time, it's the smell of barbecue. not the teargas or pepper spray that had clouded this community for more than a week. >> we want to get it back to what it was before. but we want to keep going and make it better than it was before. >> reporter: before michael brown was shot and killed. the naacp held a peaceful ma

nobody's above the law. >> we want justice for eric garner and his family. >> reporter: under review and protest. ron mott, nbc news, new york. >>> as congress begins a five-week summer recess, president obama called on americans today to challenge congress to do more to pass bills that would help the middle class. many have referred to this as the do-nothing congress. and even though the house passed an immigration bill last night, the senate will surely oppose it. we get more tonight from nbc's kristen welker. >> motion to reconsider, lay it on the table. >> reporter: late last night lawmakers scrambled to leave town without addressing the issue they've been wailing about for weeks, the crisis at the border. taking another step toward becoming one of the least productive, most dysfunctional congresses in history. >> we've been very productive. we passed about 350 bills and sent them to the united states senate. >> simply can't run the house. and lots of good republicans names have said to me they've turned this place over to the crazies. >> reporter: house republicans did pass a bo

the detention of eric garner accused of selling cigarettes without a tax stamp. ram diorta was held a hero for this video exposee but now is in jail. >> what are you going to do with this mess nuer now? >> i'm going to fight it to the end and hope people realized, i'm harassed. >> orta was set up in the bogus charge of carrying a handgun. >> not more than five minutes of being out of the house they stopped him for what? they stopped him for finding a gun on him. >> we met up with orta's mother, wife and two younger brothers at a pizza shop not far from where orta shot that infamous video. >> you have ever -- >> never, never. >> when you heard about the charges against tim what d did u do? >> i cried. i (bleep) what are you talking about i was in shock. >> orta's wife and mom said police had been following him around staten island ever since he took the video of police misconduct. >> what do you have pictures about? >> i have pictures and video of the police targeting around the street, he would walk down the street and circle a few times looking and pointing and

the march started on the staten island street where eric garner died. police officer used a choke hold to restrain garner and it has been ruled a homicide. kaelyn forde was at that rally today. >> god is calling on you to change the minds of this raceit regi regime. put these police in jail. and bring us some good police in this state. >> on the site were 43-year-old eric garner took his last break. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> an estimated 2,500 people took to the streets on saturday to express anger, grief, and a desire for justice. after the high profile acts of two men died at the hands of white police officers this officer. >> hands up. don't shoot. >> in the wake of garner's death, it emerged that new york's police department had received more than 1 choke hold complaints over the past five years despite the fact that the department regulations banned the practice and in this part of staten island alone, police have stopped and frisked people more than 1,300 times this year more than any other place in the city. after the stop and frisk,

thousands gathered in memory offer eric garner who decide after being placed in an illegal choke hold by police. what are people saying in staten island and what is the mood like? >> the mood is emotional, angry, we a listen to speeches and reverend al sharpton gave a speech. it's been a peaceful rally. quite well organised. people march half a kilometre through the center of staten island, from the spot where eric garner was arrested by police, put in a choke hold that resulted in his death. here they march to the front of the district attorney's office. there are investigations into the police officers involved, and we expect more developments later this week, possibly criminal charges. >> daniel, we have seen protests in ferguson and across the country over the shooting of michael brown. certainly this call for federal authorities to get involved - we are seeing the same sort of appeal in this eric garner rally. is that something that is likely to go some way to diffuse tensions to pacifying people who are feel emotional, and angry. >> well, i think the reason people want the autho

garner's mother today. >> reporter: outside, headlines relayed the medical examiner's finding calling eric garner's death a homicide. >> this is about an illegal choke hold. >> reporter: inside, at a news conference with ref rantd al sharpton, garner's family called for justice. his widow: >> i met with the prosecutors and i feel like i did the right thing by doing that, and i just want them to do the right thing for justice for my husband. >> reporter: cell phone video shows police confronting 43-year-old garn or a staten island sidewalk. they said he was selling cigarettes illegally and had been arrested 30 times before. new york police officer daniel pantaleo, in the green shirt, put garnener a choke hold for roughly 15 seconds. it's a move prohibited by his department. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> reporter: moments later, another eyewitness video shows garner lying on the ground appearing unresponsive. police say he died on the way to the hospital. yesterday, the medical examiner said the cause of garner's death was compression of the neck, the choke hold, combined with chest compres

>> more than 2,000 people followed the family of eric garner to the office of the local prosecutor. they want charged filed against nypd officer who put his arm around garner's throat while officers tried to subdue him. >> reporter: garner was suspected of selling cigarettes illegally. the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide with compression of the neck listed as a cause of death. you want to be heard. >> we want to be heard. >> reporter: aniana gerardo was among the marchers. it has been five weeks since eric garner died. >> yeah. >> reporter: the district attorney sent case to a grand jury this week. is the case moving fast enough? >> no. >> reporter: for you? >> no, it's not moving fast enough. >> reporter: what is justice to you? >> justice to me is to pit everyone that did something wrong to be accountable. >> no justice. >> no peace. >> reporter: with slogans, signs, and shirts, demonstrators also invoked the death of michael brown in missouri as an emotional rallying cry to call for police reform. across the street from the police precinct, staten island resident rose

. >> reporter: the arrest of 43- year-old eric garner was recorded on a cell phone. police confronted him for allegedly selling cigarettes illegally. he had been arrested 30 times before. new york police officer daniel pantaleo, in the green shirt, put garner in a choke-hold for roughly 15 seconds, a move that violates new york police department policy. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> reporter: moments later, another eyewitness video shows garner lying on the ground, his eyes open but appearing unresponsive. police say he died on his way to the hospital. the medical examiner's office now says the cause of garner's death was compression of the neck, the choke-hold, combined with chest compression and prone positioning during the physical restraint by police. the examiner found garner's asthma, hypertension and obesity contributed to his death. the classification of garner's death as a homicide is not a legal opinion. it's up to the district attorney to decide whether to charge officer pantaleo. he has been stripped of his badge and gun and put on modified duty

this april a police officer shot down trey how milton ten times during a struggle in a park eric garner died only three months later earlier this month john crawford the third was gunned down when he picked up an air rifle from a shop shelf in ohio also in august this mentally ill man was shot dead despite acting in compliance with police orders. and dante parker was killed after repeatedly being shocked with a stun gun on suspicion of robbery former police captain religious sees the actions of officers infuriated the public just like in ferguson. the fact that the police chief. jackson took several days to come out with any information and identifying the officer is outrageous when something like this happens then information has to be given to the public as quickly as possible when he came out with the information about who the officer was what he did was he made michael brown look like a thief in the community saw that exactly for what it was and they were outraged now after that they bring in the military cops right they dress these are individuals as occupying officers their armore

i mean martin and this is breaking in the set so last month new york city man and father of six eric garner was approached by a plainclothes and i pretty officer and ended up paying the ultimate price after raising his arms another officer daniel panta leo put him in a choke hold while other cops helped to bring him to the ground the entire incident was caught on tape and the video can you can credibly hear garner who is three hundred fifty pounds and asthmatic saying i can't breathe after his death the medical examiner's office ruled that garners death was a homicide caused by the choke hold except the evidence of the video combined with the medical examiner's analysis seemed to have no impact on the largest union representing n.y.p.d. officers take a listen at the president of the patrolmen's benevolent association had to say earlier this week it was not a joke he was a big man that had to be brought to the ground to be placed on their rest by shorter police officers well there you have it folks it wasn't a chokehold at all i guess it was a strangle grab meanwhile both the man who filmed

i talked about eric garner.know that a man was killed in the wal-mart in ohio last week by police officers, who was unarmed. we saw the disgusting video of a woman being brutally beaten on a highway by a california police officer. and that's just in the last few months. these incident goes back decades. we could rattle off names and use up the entire newshour doing soph cases of police involved attacks, shootings, assaults on unarmed african-americans. and so i think the larger issue is about the way in which the police force in cities all over this country engage with unarmed, nonviolent african-americans. the perception of criminality when african-americans are seen and the often violent and disproportionately violent response of police officers who are trained and should be trained public servants. trained in diffusing situations. the gun should be the last resort. and too often we see it as the first resort. >> let me ask greg myer, do you sense the police forces around the country see cases like this as par

we are just listening to speeches, including by eric garner's family. the ref reverend al sharpton wh organized this gave a fiery speech. it's been peaceful, quite well organized. people marched about a half a kilometer through the center of staten island's small downtown from the spot where eric garner was arrested by police, put a in a choke hold that seemed to result in his death. here, they marched to the front of the district attorney's office where they are calling for the federal government to get involved. there are investigations into the police officers involved and we expect more later this week, possibly criminal charges. i think the reason people want the federal authorities to be involved is because the same authorities here, the new york authorities, are investigating themselves. they see the federal justice department getting involved might lead to situations like this not arising again. time and again, men of color, african-american men, are shot in this country, and people here in the crowd are saying, not enough is done about it. it s