The Staten Island District Attorney confirms a New York City grand jury found "no reasonable cause" for indictment in the case of Eric Garner. That means there will be no criminal charges against a white police officer who used a chokehold on Garner, an unarmed black man who died as police tried to arrest him for illegally selling cigarettes.<br/> <br />The high profile July case triggered protests and sparked debate about how U.S. police use force, particularly against minorities. And it comes in the wake of a grand jury decision last week in Ferguson, Missouri, not to charge a white police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen.<br/> <br />Last week, Garner's family joined relatives of Michael Brown and the Rev. Al Sharpton in Harlem for a Thanksgiving prayer service.<br/> <br />Garner's death was ruled a homicide by the city medical examiner, who said police officers killed him by compressing his neck and chest but his health problems were contributing factors.<br/> <br />Part of the de
