De Blasio: Staten Island DA Taking Eric Garner Investigation ‘Very Seriously’

Jillian Jorgensen

While several members of Congress have called for a federal prosecutor in the death of Eric Garner in NYPD custody, Mayor Bill de Blasio said today he believes Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan is capable of leading the investigation.

“I personally have not spoken with the district attorney,” Mr. de Blasio told the Observer at an unrelated press conference at City Hall. “I know him a bit. I respect him. From everything I can see, he is taking it very seriously and doing his job.”

But that sentiment wasn’t shared by six members of Congress, who wrote a letter last week to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting a federal prosecutor take over the case.



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