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TOM HAYS, Associated Press COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press

December 4, 2014

Protests erupt as cop cleared in ‘chokehold’ incident; feds to investigate

NEW YORK (AP) — A grand jury cleared a white police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man stopped for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, triggering

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