Grand Jury Decision Underscores Need for Wholesale Reform of the NYPD

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 3, 2014. In response to press reports that a Grand Jury has failed to indict a police officer for the chokehold death of Eric Garner, a father of six accused of selling loose cigarettes illegally, the leadership of the New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement. It is attributable to NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman.

“The failure of the Staten Island Grand Jury to file an indictment in the killing of…