US to investigate police killing of black man

The US Justice Department says it will launch a federal civil rights investigation into the choking death in New York of a black man at the hands of a white policeman.

Demonstrations broke out in New York after a Grand Jury decided not to indict officer Daniel Pantaleo.

The United States Justice Department says it will launch a federal civil rights investigation into the choking death in New York of a black man at the hands of a white policeman.

The announcement came hours after a New York grand jury opted not to indict the police officer in the death of Eric Garner, sparking protests in the United States' largest city.

CNN reporter Chris Welch is currently on Staten Island -outside of the store where Garner was killed.

He has told Janice Petersen, the latest case comes amid growing tension between the African-American community and the police.

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