Judge Releases Limited Details about NYC Chokehold Grand Jury

The New York grand jury that voted not to charge a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man heard testimony from 50 witnesses and considered 60 exhibits over the course of nine weeks of deliberations, a state judge said on Thursday.

The details came in a brief order from Stephen Rooney, a judge in Staten Island, who granted the request of Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan to release publicly some details about the secret proceeding.