Rally held after NYC man put in police choke hold dies

ST. GEORGE – GOP Borough President James Oddo on Friday said that questions about the death of Eric Garner "must – and will be – answered." The 43-year-old Port Richmond man died after an incident with police in Tompkinsville on Thursday.

Cut to 31:45 into the video see the beginning of the press conference.On Thursday night, Staten Island man Eric Garner,

Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed a thorough investigation into the death of Eric Garner, a Staten Island man who died in NYPD custody.

The mayor will spend the night making calls to community leaders, though it had not been determined if he would speak to the family of the man, Eric Garner, who died after police wrestled him to the ground in a chokehold for allegedly selling loose

Baez spoke Saturday to the Daily News, just two days after the death of Eric Garner, 43, when a Staten Island policeman wrapped a forearm around his throat. “They keep on doing the same thing as before,” she lamented. “Like they can do anything they want.