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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Officer Daniel Pantaleo who killed Eric Garner docked vacation time for bad stop-and-frisk

Read Full Story: Officer Daniel Pantaleo, the cop who had a hand in choking out Staten Island resident Eric Garner to his death, was recently disciplined by the NYPD. However, the disciplinary action was not related to Eric Garner’s death.
The NYPD came down on Pantaleo for his role in an unwarranted s... Read Full Story:
Officer Daniel Pantaleo who killed Eric Garner docked vacation time for bad stop-and-frisk

Saturday, July 25, 2015

Watch this heartbreaking documentary about Eric Garner"s family

https://vimeo.com/133725854

A Year Without Eric Garner
Eric Garner’s name rings loud and clear. A year after he died at the hands of police, after being stopped for selling untaxed cigarettes in his home borough of Staten Island, Garner’s continues to be one of the most visible...
Watch this heartbreaking documentary about Eric Garner"s family

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

$5.9m: New York City has settled with the family of Eric Garner who died after being put in a choke-hold

Eric Garner’s family will continue pushing for civil rights charges despite a $5.9-million settlement with New York City.

New York City has reached a settlement with the family of Eric Garner, who died after being put in a choke-hold by police last July, agreeing to pay $5.9 million to resolve the claim over his death. The family had filed a $75million lawsuit against the city but accepted a pretrial settlement on Monday.

His death sparked protests around the country by people outraged over police treatment of African Americans. Cell phone video of the fatal encounter showed Garner saying ‘I can’t breath’ 11 times while being held on the ground by an NYPD officer in a chokehold. He was being apprehended for allegedly illegally selling cigarettes when he died. The family say the settlement is not victory!