NYPD Commander Texted 'Not a Big Deal' After Being Told of Eric Garner's Death
by Anne Branigin from on (#4FB2G)
A Staten Island police commander involved in the arrest of Eric Garner, the black man who died after an NYPD officer put him in a chokehold for allegedly selling loose cigarettes in 2014, assured one of his officers that Garner's death was "not a big deal" upon learning about his condition.