Officer was found innocent in a court of law of any wrongdoing and he gets fired by an ass kissing Commissioner to Pos Mayor Di Blasio .If the stupid trouble making law breaker had complied his ass would still be alive selling cigarettes illegally.

From my understanding, there were federal charges recommended, but the federal government no longer prosecutes police officers regardless of the crime.

It was terribly sad to watch what happened to Eric Garner. I can't understand why you would arrest someone for selling loosies..a citation, ok, if he was selling to kids, ok. He repeatedly said I can't breathe. He was in distress. I watched an exchange between two people on the officers side on facebook. They talked about that it was a legal hold and that he died due to his medical problems..one comment being that hamburgers killed the poor guy. They were concerned that the officer lost his job stating he was following the rules..One thing is for sure if that is even the case. We need better rules. This man should not have died this way.

I live in NY and I guarantee the crime rate will rise just like in Chicago where the police are reluctant to to do their job because of repercussions

Because Mr Garner was clearly guilty of being Black in the presence of of a police officer, which of course is tantamount to suicide.
The officer concerned was probably fired for allowing his uniform to get dirty while handling an unpleasant suspect.

It all makes perfect sense when you think about it.

Before any of the hard of thinking calls me a racist bastard I was being sarcastic, dismissal is the least he should be suffering.