Gwen Carr reflects on how George Floyd helped pass an anti-chokehold bill in New York.
's death is largely responsible for an anti-chokehold bill finally getting passed in NY -- making it a bittersweet victory for her after years of fighting for it.spoke to us a few days after New York lawmakers passed the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act -- which Gov.Gwen's been pushing for this bill since 2014, when Eric was killed -- and it will make it illegal for cops to use a chokehold or a similar restraining move, resulting in serious injury or death.
It's heartbreaking, because Gwen says she felt like she was hearing her own son from the grave listening to George plead with officers that
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