Meet Dan Donovan, the Prosecutor Who Let Eric Garner’s Killer Walk

The DA

To understand why NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo got off, just look at who’s laying down the law on Staten Island.

Published Dec. 5 2014 5:55PM EST

articles/2014/12/04/meet-dan-donovan-the-prosecutor-who-let-eric-garner-s-killer-walk/141204-freedlander-donovan-tease_twhu0c — Stephen Chernin/AP

New York City has one mayor, two other citywide elected officials, 10 borough-wide elected officials, 51 City Council members, several dozen state lawmakers, and a dozen members of Congress representing its 8 million people.

And nearly all have been mugging for the cameras in the hours after a grand jury declined...

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Meet Dan Donovan, the Prosecutor Who Let Eric Garner’s Killer Walk

To understand why NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo got off, just look at who’s laying down the law on Staten Island.

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