Although NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo continues to expect us to deny our own eyes
by stating that he never actually choked Eric Garner, it was just revealed that a senior team of FBI agents
has been investigating the case for nearly a month since a Staten Island grand jury failed to indict Pantaleo.
The New York-based agents have come together in recent weeks following a December grand jury decision to not indict the police officer, the sources told CNN.
The goal is a "fresh look" into the July death of Eric Garner at the hands of police Officer Daniel Pantaleo, in a case that led to anti-police demonstrations throughout the nation, a senior law enforcement official said.
The veteran investigators include an agent from the white-collar crime division who specializes in long-term criminal investigations, a supervisor in the public corruption unit and an agent who investigated the infamous 1997 police torture case involving Haitian immigrant Abner Louima, the source said.
It was fairly widely believed by a diverse cross section of people that Pantaleo, at the very least, would be indicted for choking Eric Garner to death. The disappointment and frustration when he wasn't is about deep as it gets. While it feels as if apathy toward the justice system is setting all the way in, one can only hold out hope that this new civil rights investigation will find that choking a man to death while he screams "I can't breathe" over and over again isn't just sad, but it must be illegal.