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Jul 15, 2020 · July | 17. On July 17, 2014, two New York Police Department officers confront Eric Garner, a 43-year-old African American father of six, for illegally selling cigarettes. Garner dies after losing ...
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Jun 13, 2015 · Eric Garner was lumbering along a sidewalk on Staten Island on a July day when an unmarked police car pulled up. The plainclothes officers inside knew Mr. Garner well, mostly for selling untaxed ...
- A 5-Year Battle For Justice
- A Family Fights For Change and Suffers Another Loss
- His Last Words, An Emerging Movement
- One Last Chance
The death of Garner, a 43-year-old father of six, was ruled a homicide in August 2014 by Dr. Floriana Persechino, a senior medical examiner for New York City. In Persechino's report, she not only conducted a traditional autopsy, but used the cellphone video to determine that a "chokehold" triggered a fatal cascade of events, including an asthma att...
Garner's eldest daughter and namesake, Erica, became an outspoken activist -- along with her grandmother, Gwen Carr -- calling for justice for her father. She also released a song called "This Ends Today," which includes audio from her father's confrontation with the officers. Tragically, Erica Garner passed away in December 2017 after suffering a ...
"I can’t breathe!" Before Garner’s death was captured on camera and seen around the world, a relatively new hashtag, #BlackLivesMatter, was taking form. Following the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman, a Florida community watchman who shot an unarmed 17-year-old boy wearing a hoodie -- Trayvon Martin, who Zimmerman said looked "suspicious" -- a gr...
In 2017, a Staten Island civil court judge approved a $4 million wrongful death settlement for the Garner family. Still, years after his death and the NYPD announced departmental chargesagainst Pantaleo, no criminal charges have been filed against the officer. The move came on the heels of a letter sent to the Department of Justice by the NYPD's de...
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Oct 25, 2021 · Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, has become an activist opposing racism and violence in policing since her son’s death. Gareth Smit for The New York Times. Two years ago, the Garner family ...
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Jul 31, 2014 · Demonstrators chant as they march towards the 120th Precinct following a vigil demanding justice for Eric Garner, a Staten Island man who died while being arrested by New York City police, on July ...
- Judith Browne Dianis
Nov 6, 2021 · The death of Eric Garner has reverberated with unanswered questions and fresh developments over the seven years since a New York police officer placed him in a banned chokehold.. But on Friday ...
Jul 31, 2014 · The city medical examiner has ruled the death of Eric Garner, the 43-year-old father whose death in police custody sparked national outrage, a homicide, saying a chokehold killed him.
