No Bill, No Peace: Demonstrations broke out nearly immediately in New York after a Staten Island grand jury declined to bring charges against a police officer in the case of a man who died after being placed in a chokehold. Marchers chanting “I can’t breathe” and “Black lives matter.”

filled streets and clogged the West Side Highway. Protesters lay down in the middle of Grand Central Terminal.

Yesterday’s decision, and resulting protests, came less than two weeks after a grand jury cleared an officer in the killing of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo.

Atty. Gen. Eric Holder announced a federal civil rights investigation of the case.

Last July Officer Daniel Pantaleo was part of an undercover team that suspected Eric Garner, 43, was illegally selling loose cigarettes on the street. Garner, who was black, was unarmed. He refused to cooperate, was tackled, and Pantaleo put him in a chokehold against department policy. On a videotape of the entire incident the tall and overweight Garner repeatedly said, “I can’t breathe.” The autopsy ruled Garner’s death a homicide, meaning he died at the hands of the police.

The cops have been criticized for how they treated a black man, and for causing a death fighting the harmless crime of selling cigarettes.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said, “It’s a very painful day for so many New Yorkers,” but he did not say the grand jury decision was wrong.

Officer Pantaleo released a statement saying, “It is never my intention to harm anyone, and I feel very bad about the death of Mr. Garner.”

Airbags: Japan’s Takata Corp. has refused a federal demand to expand its recall of airbags that shower the occupants of cars with shrapnel when they expand. Takata has issued recalls in southern states with high humidity, which the company says aggravates the problem. A company officer told a House subcommittee yesterday, “There’s not enough scientific evidence to change from a regional recall to a national recall.”

Nation: Sexual assaults in the military rose eight percent this year according to a new report. More than 5,400 cases have been reported. Defense officials speculate that the rise in numbers might be the result of increased willingness to report assaults.

The Obit Page: Herman Badillo, once a fixture in New York City politics and the first Puerto Rican-born congressman, has died at age 85. He was a fighter for housing, jobs, and civil rights.

Borderline: Seventeen states led by Texas yesterday filed a lawsuit against President Obama for taking executive action on immigration. The suit says the president exceeded his authority.

Deadlines: Familiar bylines are disappearing from the New York Times after Monday’s deadline to accept a buyout.

Among the departures, sports writer Barry Bearak, and the television beat’s Bill Carter. He’s the guy television reporters interview to find out what’s happening in television. Also leaving, the venerable chief financial correspondent Floyd Norris, and Steven Greenhouse, who labored passionately at the labor beat.

The environment loses Felicity Barringer, and advertising loses Stuart Elliott, who always knows what the Mad Men are up to. The Times is saving money and losing hundreds of years of experience and wisdom.

$1.98: The website Gasbuddy.Com reports this morning that a station in Oklahoma City is selling gas for $1.98, the lowest in five years. It’s at the 44 Food Mart, 412 SE 44^th Sreet. You might burn some gas getting there.

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