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Members of Congress Call for Federal Investigation into Eric Garner’s Murder

The Daily News reports that Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, Gregory Meeks and Yvette Clark called Thursday for the U.S. Department of Justice to open investigations into both the controversial tactic of aggressively enforcing low-level offenses to prevent more serious ones — a cornerstone of NYPD policing — and the July 17 death of the Staten Island man after being placed in a chokehold by a police officer.

“The family of Eric Garner deserves an independent and impartial investigation,” said Jeffries. “The only way for that to happen is for the Department of Justice to step in and get involved.”

The trio joined three New York congressional colleagues — Charles Rangel, Nydia Velazquez and Jose Serrano — in sending a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder about the case.

The nation’s top prosecutor has said his office is “closely monitoring” the city probe into Garner’s death.

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Woman 7 Months Pregnant and In Her Very Own Police Chokehold

Welcome to the New York, where the police officers are called “the finest in the world,” but they still resort to the tried and proven primitive method of choking people inorder to restrain them.

After a Staten Island man named Eric Gardner, lost his life to an illegal cholehold administered by a police officer, other examples of this police-favored submission hold, have been highlighted on the Internet.

In this example, a woman in Brooklyn, seven months pregnant, got up close and personal with her very own chokehold. Her crime? Having a barbecue on the sidewalk in front of her house.

Photos released Monday by an East New York advocacy group show Rosan Miller, 27, struggling with a cop who appears to have his arm around her neck.

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More Police Brutality – Another Man, Another Chokehold in New York – Video

Now that a NYPD officer has succeeded in using an illegal chokehold to choke a Staten Island man to death, other videos are surfacing online showing that although the chokehold is prohibited by the New York police department, it is apparently used more often than not.

According to NBC New York, the subway arrest video was taken just three days before the death of Eric Garner, who died in police custody after being placed in a chokehold.

Public outrage following Garner’s death in Staten Island has prompted NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton to announce that the department will retrain all officers. Using a chokehold during an arrest is prohibited.

The subway arrest footage was posted online by Rev. Kelmy Rodriquez. He reports receiving it in an anonymous email, and according to NBC New York, Rodriquez notes the suspect was resisting arrest, but still feels the chokehold should not have been used.

The Manhattan arrest of 23-year-old Ronald Johns took place on July 14 at the 125th Street and Lexington Avenue subway station in East Harlem.

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