Longtime New York Rep. Charlie Rangel , a Democrat , says he is `` OK '' with the ruling not to indict the white police officer whose July chokehold during an arrest killed Eric Garner , an unarmed black man , because `` it 's not going to stand . '' `` It 's such a ridiculous scenario that I 'm OK with it -- because it 's not going to stand , '' Rangel said on CNN 's `` The Lead with Jake Tapper . '' Earlier Thursday , the court released details about the evidence given to the grand jury , including the number of witnesses and pieces of evidence involved in the case . But Rangel says the court has made a `` terrible mistake '' by not explaining exactly how the grand jury reached their verdict . `` Releasing this is releasing absolutely nothing , '' Rangel said . `` We want to find out just one thing : A group of people were there , one of them got killed , and the rest of them were police . Simple as that . '' The medical examiner affirmed it was a homicide , Rangel added . `` Now , setting aside suicide , something happened in that room to convince the people that were there that nothing happened , '' he said . `` And we just want to find out : How could they have possibly reached that conclusion ? '' Rangel , a former New York prosecutor , also said it was a `` stupid mistake '' that the other police officers involved in the incident were granted immunity because not enough details about their involvement in Garner 's death have been explained . `` Immunity is given in order to gain the cooperation of witnesses in order to further the indictment that brings the case to court , '' Rangel said . `` Here police officers should n't need immunity to tell the truth . If you insist on immunity , it means you think you should be indicted for a crime . '' Rangel said he hopes the pending federal investigation illuminates what went on during the grand jury proceedings . On Wednesday , the President said he and outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder are `` not going to let up '' in the effort to solve the problem of racial tensions that exists between law enforcement officers and minorities in communities nationwide .
New York Rep. Charlie Rangel says he 's `` OK '' with the Eric Garner ruling , because `` it 's not going to stand '' Rangel is a former New York prosecutor .