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September 26, 2014

Mothers of Eric Garner, Michael Brown Call for Justice 
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The news of Attorney General Eric Holder's departure broke as relatives
of black men killed in encounters with police gathered in Washington,
D.C., to call for the Justice Department to investigate and charge the
officers involved. Lesley Mc Spadden, the mother of Michael Brown, and
Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, who was placed in an illegal
police chokehold in New York, said local systems have failed to bring
justice.

Gwen Carr: "The police in our case, they're sitting back. They're still
walking the street. They're still getting paid. They said they took
their gun and badge, but so what?"

Lesley Mc Spadden: "I'm here in Washington to ask for help in getting
justice for my son in Missouri. Missouri has not shown us anything that
we're looking for."

 

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