A group of New York City lawmakers is demanding that the federal government conduct its own investigation into the chokehold death of Eric Garner, saying they have no faith that Staten Island DA Daniel Donovan will “aggressively prosecute” the case.

Insisting that Garner wasn’t resisting arrest when he was put in the chokehold by NYPD cop Daniel Pantaleo, the congressional delegation of local Democrats penned a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday, urging the Department of Justice to open a formal investigation into Garner’s July 17 death.

“No, it’s never OK to resist arrest,” said Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, one of six members of Congress to sign the letter, at a press conference Thursday. “I don’t believe Eric Garner resisted arrest.

“He was protesting the continued harassment by police for no reason,” Jeffries said. “Whenever there is a problem with police violence in this country, they say the person resisted.”

The fatal altercation occurred after cops accused Garner of selling untaxed cigarettes on a Staten Island street corner before trying to cuff him.

Video of the incident shows Garner waving his arms to avoid being detained before Pantaleo wrapped his forearm around Garner’s throat and dragged him to the ground.

Garner, a 350-pound asthmatic diabetic, went into cardiac arrest and died.

“There is no indication that the local district attorney is prepared to aggressively prosecute this case,” the letter reads, referring to Donovan, a Republican.

“Absent DOJ intervention, we may be marching toward a miscarriage of justice.”

Jeffries said the DOJ should step in a wrest the investigation away from the Staten Island DA because, “like all other four other DAs, the Staten Island DA has an institutional relationship with the police department.

The letter was also signed by Representatives Charles Rangel, Jose Serrano, Nydia Velazquez, Gregory Meeks and Yvette Clarke.