Eric Garner NYPD Chokehold Death New Updates, Police Chief Bratton, Mayor DiBlasio Comments on Investigation, Creative Ways Community Has Protested

The New York Police Department needs to learn what it may have done wrong following the death of a Staten Island resident, officials said. Eric Garner's death, due to an apparent choke hold by an NYPD officer on Staten Island, is still a matter of discussion in New York. There is currently a criminal investigation as well as an NYPD administrative investigation that's looking into the matter. And just this week, about five days after Garner--- who was a father of six was laid to rest---the first official comments from city leaders were made.

"Right now, we have the Staten Island district attorney and the internal affairs bureau investigating, and I respect both of those entities and believe that they will do their investigations effectively," the Mayor Bill de Blasio said about the incident this week. "If the federal government decides to get involved in the case, we will absolutely cooperate."

The Mayor also brought up the city's past and said,"If you talk about the last decade or so in the city, was race a factor and a problem in the relationship between police and community? Obviously it was. There was a growing tension and a growing disconnect between police and community all over our city. And that is not an acceptable state of affairs."

The cause of death for the 43-year-old man, who was confronted by police for allegedly selling bootleg cigarettes, has not yet been determined.

Even the city's top cop says that his police need better training, and has scheduled to have a team sent to analyze their arrest procedures following Garner's death. New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton has even hinted at the possibility of a federal investigation into the matter. But the final answers in this tragic death will take time.

"There will be no quick resolution under the criminal law ... for months and months," Bratton said. "The public needs to understand that and that there are very capable entities that are involved moving this forward."

"One of the things we're focusing on is training," Bratton told the Daily News. "And learning from this tragic experience that there are better ways of doing things than what we currently teach."

Police Chief Bratton has also spoken out about the video tap which surfaced of the incident, "There is no denying on the videos which have surfaced... what is seen is interference on the part of onlookers - maybe relatives and friends, people in general - who shouldn't be interfering," said Bratton. "That interference certainly exacerbates the situation, raising the officers' tension... that is of concern."

NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo, the cop who used the choke hold, has lost his gun and badge pending the investigation. Another unidentified cop has been reassigned.

With the community still outraged, people in the entertainment world are speaking out on the matter. Director Spike Lee cut portions of this movie "Do The Right Thing" into parts of the video that was made during Garner's arrest. A Broadway production company made a flashmob style video performing a spoken word piece about the incident. Another publicized event that brought attention to the matter involved a New York basketball tournament where a basketball player was wearing a "R.I.P Eric Garner" t-shirt and slam dunked over a police car.