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Footage of the incident, which was ruled a homicide, along with a grand jury's decision not to indict the officers involved spurred widespread protests against police brutality, while Garner's last words, "I can't breathe," became an anti-racist rallying cry.
On Aug. 1, a New York City medical examiner determined that the cause of death in the Garner case was “homicide,” specifically the neck compressions from the Pantaleo’s chokehold and “the...
‘A Small Needful Fact’ by Ross Gay is a short moving poem that suggests that there is still hope to be found after someone’s death. The poem addresses the life and death of Eric Garner. Specifically, the poet refers to the man’s job at the Horticultural Department.
11 sty 2018 · This paper argues that environmental justice (EJ) scholarship, activism and policy that aims to ‘be intersectional’ by definition needs to include disability and ableism and, moreover, will benefit...
31 lip 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.
26 lip 2024 · What has changed in policing in the 10 years since Eric Garner’s death at the hands of NYPD officers on Staten Island? Other writers have considered the extent to which police practices may have changed, in New York and nationally.
Even when the medical examiner ruled Eric’s death a “homicide,” and the video clearly demonstrated use of the forbidden chokehold being applied, the white police officer was not indicted and it took another five years for the police department to fire him.
