Eric Gardner family speaks Saturday about medical examiner's ruling

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TOTTENVILLE, N.Y. (WABC) -- The family of Eric Garner spoke out this morning for the first time since the medical examiner ruled his death in police custody a homicide.

Garner's family along with the Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday morning discussed the ruling at the National Action Network in Harlem. On Friday, the New York Medical Examiner ruled that Garner died from a chokehold used by a police officer during his arrest for selling untaxed, loose cigarettes last month, calling it a homicide.

"The medical examiner certified what we said over the past few weeks. Illegal chokehold caused the death," said Sharpton. "Homicide ruling by the medical examiner is plausible cause for an arrest."

Garner's mother, Gwen Carr, said that she was in downtown Brooklyn in a store when got the call Friday about the report. She said she started screaming, 'thank you, Jesus!'

http://7online.com/news/sharpton-me-confirmed-what-we-have-said-about-eric-garners-death/233642/

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