Christie Weighs In On Eric Garner Decision: I Won’t ‘Second Guess’ It

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, and Alberta Premier Jim Prentice speak to the media in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Larry MacDougal)

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Thursday that he wouldn’t “second guess” a grand jury’s decision not to indict a New York City police officer in the death of Eric Garner.

“When I was U.S. Attorney, I used to really, really dislike when politicians who didn’t know a tenth of what the prosecutors and the grand jury knew would second guess their work purely for political reasons or out of ignorance,” Christie said during a visit to Calgary, Canada, as quoted by the New Jersey Star-Ledger. “So I’m not going to second-guess that work.”

“You never know all of the things that a grand jury knows unless you’re in that grand jury working with them,” he added.

Democrats and Republicans alike have condemned the grand jury decision or called for further hearings and investigations into Garner’s death. Part of the reason that Garner’s death has united both sides of the aisle is that a video was widely circulated showing NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who is white, putting Garner, who was black, in a chokehold while Garner protested that he couldn’t breathe.

Christie declined to say whether he’d viewed that video, according to the Star-Ledger.

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  1. What a weasel. Declined to say whether or not he viewed it? I guess that would keep you from having some of that abundance information that a grand jury sees that a regular person doesn’t. Unless of course you were willfully blind or a contemptible coward who can’t speak out against blatant brutality because of Republican primaries.

    Come on Chris, you approve of it. This is you. You operate just like those cops.

  2. WTF!!! CHRISTIE’S GOT NOTHING TO ADD!!!

    That’s a first.

  3. “(Though never a doctor), I used to really, really dislike when politicians who didn’t know a tenth of what the (scientists) knew would second guess their work purely for political reasons or out of ignorance,” Christie said, in words regarding the Ebola hysteria.

    Do I remember that right?

  4. blustering when it’s safe; gutless when it counts. has he mentioned what a no-nonsense straight shooter he is?

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