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Garner Family: Prosecutor Filed Inappropriate Charges to Grand Jury

I speak with Gwen Carr and Raquel Welch, the mother and cousin of Eric Garner, the man killed by police with a chokehold. At Al Sharpton's Police Brutality March on Sat., Dec. 13, 2014.

Erica Garner Responds to Victim-Blaming Media

I talk to the daughter of Eric Garner, who was killed by police using excessive force, about the inspiration for her die-in and the media who blame her father for his own death.

Tamir Rice's Mother Pleads for End to Police Brutality

Samiria Rice, the mother of the 12-year-old shot by police for playing with a toy gun, addresses Al Sharpton's Police Brutality March in DC on Sat., Dec. 13, 2014.

Family of Eric Garner Speaks Out at Police Brutality March

The mother, wife, and daughter of Eric Garner, the man killed by police with a chokehold in Brooklyn, speak at Al Sharpton's Police Brutality March in Washington, DC on Sat, Dec. 13, 2014.

Father of Police Brutality Victim Rebukes Wal-Mart

At Rev. Al Sharpton's Police Brutality March on Sat. Dec. 13, John Crawford, Jr. spoke about the death of his son at the hands of police in an Ohio-area Wal-Mart.

With Trade Deal, Will Obama Be Wall Street's Errand Boy?

Since the Republican takeover of the Senate, the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal has been re-energized as a possible area of cooperation between the GOP and President Obama, who is seeking Fast Track Authority to push the deal through Congress without amendment. Activists gathered outside the U.S. Trade Representative's Office on Monday, Dec. 8 to protest TPP generally and Fast Track specifically.

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