1. The Justice Department announced that it would not bring charges against the New York City police officer who used a chokehold on Eric Garner, five years after Mr. Garner’s dying words — “I can’t breathe” — became a rallying cry.

The U.S. attorney in Brooklyn said the government could not meet the legal standard for charges: proving that the officer willfully used excessive force to violate Mr. Garner’s rights. Gwenn Carr, Mr. Garner’s mother, above center, said, “The D.O.J. has failed us.”