There is a second Eric Garner video
It may be even more disturbing than the first, focusing not on his now-infamous confrontation with New York police, but on the aftermath — the minutes he spent unmoving, on the ground, while officers milled around him with no palpable sense of urgency or concern.
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U-Va. struggles with latest twist in traumatic fall semester
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Federal workers get early holiday gift
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New racial profiling curbs, but not at DHS
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Apple presents evidence that plaintiffs bought wrong iPods
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Supreme Court to hear Texas Confederate-flag license plate case
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Rolling Stone fiasco hurts rape victims and journalists
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Facebook IP nonsense
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The guy from that “Stand With Hillary” video has also played Jesus, starred in an Ariana Grande music video
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Federally funded Common Core PARCC test going prime time in six states
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1Libel law and the Rolling Stone / UVA alleged gang rape story
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2Knox County cop fired immediately after photos show brutal choking of student
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3Oldest Galapagos research center may go extinct, and it's blaming a gift shop
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4An alleged Cosby 'fixer' comes out of the shadows
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5Don't support laws you are not willing to kill to enforce
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