Eric Garner

Alexandra Natapoff, a law professor at the University of California at Irvine, says an over-emphasis on low-level crimes like traffic violations and loitering disproportionately affect African Americans.

Law Professor On Misdemeanor Offenses And Racism In The Criminal System

3:47pm June 13, 2020

by Christianna Silva

The killings of George Floyd and many others all began with allegations of a minor offense. These make up 80% of criminal arrests and cases in the U.S., and disproportionately affect people of color.

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, signs into law a sweeping package of police accountability measures on Friday that received new backing following protests of George Floyd's killing.

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New York Criminalizes Use Of Chokeholds By Police

4:55pm June 12, 2020

by Quil Lawrence

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has approved changes that have been vehemently opposed by police unions for years — including allowing the public to access police officers' past disciplinary records.

At a disciplinary trial, New York City police Officer Daniel Pantaleo was found guilty of using a banned chokehold in the July 2014 death of Eric Garner.

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NYPD Judge Recommends That The Officer Involved In Eric Garner's Death Be Fired

2:42pm August 02, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo was found guilty of using a banned chokehold but not guilty of intentionally restricting Garner's breathing in 2014. The department says he has now been suspended.

New York City police are giving the Justice Department a deadline to announce criminal charges in the 2014 killing of Eric Garner. The death of Garner, who repeatedly told police "I can't breathe," spurred protests.

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NYPD Will Pursue Internal Charges Against Officers In Eric Garner's Death

12:41pm July 17, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The department is giving federal authorities a deadline to announce action in the 2014 death of Garner, who died after being put in a chokehold by a police officer.

In 2014, Erica Garner led a protest march in New York City after a grand jury decided not to indict a police officer involved in the death of her father, Eric Garner.

Erica Garner, Who Became An Activist After Her Father's Death, Dies

10:59am December 30, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

She became a prominent figure calling for an end to police brutality after New York City officers put her father in a fatal chokehold. She suffered brain damage following a heart attack.

Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, leads a 2014 protest against the grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer involved in the chokehold death of Eric Garner. Erica Garner, now 27, has been hospitalized after a heart attack, her mother tells

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Activist Erica Garner Hospitalized After Heart Attack

1:58pm December 25, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Garner, 27, became an activist after her father, Eric Garner, was put in a chokehold by a police officer and died. She is now on life support, her mother tells the New York Daily News and the Times.

Demonstrators in Miami stand with tape reading, " I Can't Breathe," in 2014. The protest occurred after a grand jury in New York City declined to indict the police officers involved Eric Garner's death.

'I Can't Breathe' Examines Modern Policing And The Life And Death Of Eric Garner

2:41pm October 23, 2017

by Terry Gross

"The reality is that Eric Garner died at the hands of a police force and a criminal justice system that were designed entirely by white people, for the most part," says journalist Matt Taibbi.

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New York City Police officers watch demonstrators protesting the death of Eric Garner near Times Square.

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Federal Grand Jury Said To Begin Hearing Evidence In Eric Garner Case

5:35pm February 11, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

The grand jury is determining whether Officer Daniel Pantaleo violated Garner's civil rights as he moved to arrest him for allegedly selling loose cigarettes.

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New York Will Pay Eric Garner Family $5.9 Million To Avoid Lawsuit

7:15pm July 14, 2015

by Hansi Lo Wang

The settlement with Garner's family won't require the city to admit liability for his death. The unarmed black man died after police placed him in a chokehold last year.

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Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, speaks at a news conference at the National Action Network in New York a day after settling a $5.9 million wrongful death case with the city. At far right is Garner's widow, Esaw Garner.

Eric Garner's Family Urges Justice Department To Prosecute Officer

1:49pm July 14, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Having reached a $5.9 million settlement with New York City over Garner's death last summer, his family members say they want a federal indictment of a police officer.