The mother of a New York City man who died in a police chokehold has asked for calm once a panel deliberating whether to bring criminal charges against the officer reaches its decision.

Speaking at the Rev. Al Sharpton�s National Action Network�s Harlem headquarters Saturday, Gwen Carr said she didn�t want demonstrators to set fires.

Carr was referring to arsons in Ferguson, Missouri amid protests there after a grand jury declined to bring charges against a white officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager.

The Daily News reports Carr believes the grand jury will vote to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in Eric Garner�s July death on Staten Island.

Pantaleo has testified before the panel.

The grand jury�s decision is expected before the end of the year.

(AP)