In Letter to Barr, Booker Blasts Decision to Overrule Career Civil Rights Prosecutors
July 17, 2019
July 17, 2019
WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today blasted U.S. Attorney General William Barr's decision to overrule career civil rights prosecutors and not bring federal civil rights charges against Daniel Pantaleo, the New York City Policy Department (NYPD) officer who placed Eric Garner in a chokehold, resulting in his death. Barr's decision is part of a large . . .
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today blasted U.S. Attorney General William Barr's decision to overrule career civil rights prosecutors and not bring federal civil rights charges against Daniel Pantaleo, the New York City Policy Department (NYPD) officer who placed Eric Garner in a chokehold, resulting in his death. Barr's decision is part of a large . . .