Eric Garner’s Killer Evades Indictment, Cops Not Actually Investigating UVA Rape Allegations Yet, ‘Gangnam Style’ Breaks the Youtube: P.M. Links

  • Gangnam StyleA grand jury
    declined
    to indict the NYPD officer who put single-cigarette
    salesman Eric Garner in a chokehold, leading to the man’s death.
    Though a coroner had ruled the death a homicide, it’s not obvious
    what kind of charges prosecutors asked the jury to consider.
  • The University of Virginia gang rape story published by
    Rolling Stone is now facing all kinds of criticism. But it
    seems the local police aren’t actually
    doing much
    about it yet.
  • Denver high school students
    walked out of class
    to protest Ferguson.
  • The appointment of soap opera producer Colleen Bradley Bell to
    be U.S. ambassador to Hungary has annoyed a lot of people,
    including Reason’s favorite curmudgeon,
    John McCain
    .
  • “Gangnam Style”
    just broke
    Youtube’s view counter. Let’s all do the dance in
    celebration.
  • Will Hillary run? Politico says
    it’s not clear
    , and an announcement might be a long way
    off.

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