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“My dad’s name is Eric Garner. No one gets to see their parent’s last moments. I was able to see my dad die on national TV.” This was a TV ad that millions saw during the 2016 presidential campaign. The speaker was then 26-year-old Erica Garner, the daughter of Eric Garner. The spot was aired in […]

*We know Erica Garner is still grieving over the death by choking of her father, Eric Garner, by New York City police officers, but she’s coming off as being very uncouth with her sexualized blasting of white NYC mayor Bill de Blasio, who’s married to a black woman, via Twitter. “Just cause you love Black don’t […]

Eric Garner’s Death Avenged in New Comic Book Series *Created by Jersey-born writer, Zinc Nguvu, and illustrator Terry Brown of Lexington, Kentucky in response to the unjust killings of African-Americans ( like Eric Garner ) by police and racists across the country, the Nubian Man series (www.TheNubianMan.com) promises to take the comic book universe by […]

*The widow of Eric Garner has turned down a $5 million settlement from the city of New York. According to the NY Daily News, a source familiar with ongoing negotiations between Controller Scott Stringer and the family of the Staten Island man killed by an NYPD cop say that his widow, Esaw Garner, turned down […]

*The aftermath of Eric Garner’s death continues to be a presence as the woman who filmed the tragedy is bringing a federal lawsuit against the New York police department. The Guardian reports that Taisha Allen’s nine-count complaint against the department states the 37-year-old was unlawfully imprisoned, unlawfully searched and subjected to excessive force, among other […]

*A makeshift Staten Island memorial for Eric Garner burned down Monday night from what the FDNY ruled an “accidental candle fire.” The fire came after Garner’s family had spent the day attending events across the city honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Garner, 43, died this summer after being put into a fatal chokehold by […]

[…] by Capital as working on the NYPD headquarters’ network have edited and attempted to delete Wikipedia entries for several well-known victims of police altercations, including entries for Eric Garner, Sean Bell, and Amadou Diallo. Capital identified 85 NYPD addresses that have edited Wikipedia, although it is unclear how many users were involved, as computers on […]

[…] about time. Federal prosecutors have a message for NYPD cop Daniel Pantaleo. They plan to go after him with all cylinders firing for the chokehold death of Eric Garner on Staten Island. As was widely reported, Garner, 43, died in 2014 on a Staten Island street corner, where two police officers confronted him and accused him […]

*Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed the police killing of Eric Garner, has been arrested during a traffic stop in Brooklyn on gun possession charges.  According to the New York Post, Orta was pulled over around 2 a.m. for overly tinted windows, according to police. Cops allegedly found a 9mm handgun on him during the stop.  […]

*It appears the right-wing conservatives are at it again. This time messing with Erica Garner, whose father, Eric Garner,  died in a choke-hold at the hands of a New York City police officer that was never charged. Garner says comments she made about Rev. Al Sharpton in a video released by conservative activist James O’Keefe‘s Project Veritas […]

*The man who filmed Eric Garner’s death on video is a free man, thanks to a crowdfunding campaign. TakePart.com reports that more than 750 people donated money online to get Ramsey Orta out of jail. As of Tuesday evening (April 6), the campaign raised more than $19,000 for Orta’s attorneys fees. Orta, is noted for […]

NYPD Sergeant Kizzy Adonis *You might find this interesting. We sure do. It took them awhile, but a year and a half after the death of Eric Garner, the NYPD is actually taking steps to deal an officer involved in his killing. The problem is they’re NOT holding the one who choked him to death, accountable. […]

*Sometimes we wonder if Ramsey Orta wishes he hadn’t filmed the death of Eric Garner by overzealous NYPD officers. Ever since then his life has been turned upside down. Orta recently accepted a plea deal on weapons and drug charges and is likely to spend the next four years in prison. Now, according to the […]

[…] result in injury or death. The use of chokeholds by the NYPD had already been banned in 1993. As CBS News notes, that bill is named for Eric Garner; the Staten Island man who died back in 2014 while in police custody after Officer Daniel Pantaleo body-slammed him, and put him in a chokehold as […]

[…] two years in grueling Russian prisons for a performance attacking Vladimir Putin, have jumped into U.S. politics with a new music video dedicated to the memory of Eric Garner, the African-American man whose chokehold death at the hands of NYPD officers sparked protests across the country last December. “I Can’t Breathe” shows Pussy Riot members […]