'It was déjà vu all over again': Eric Garner’s mother Gwen Carr speaks on the death of George Floyd, who was seen pleading 'I cannot breathe' as an officer put a knee on his neck for several minutes Monday night.
"Nearly six years after Eric Garner's death in New York — and four years after Philando Castile's in Minnesota — this tragic video shows how little meaningful change has emerged to prevent police from taking the lives of Black people," Paige Fernandez, the policing policy adviser for the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement.
last summer not to charge Pantaleo, the officer involved in her son's death — capping years of a winding investigation and drawn-out legal fights. The prosecutors' case had hinged on proving that Pantaleo acted willfully when he used more force than was necessary to arrest Garner. Garner suffered an asthma attack and went into cardiac arrest while he was being restrained, the city's medical examiner said, ruling his death a homicide caused by a chokehold that was a"significant initial factor."filed a lawsuit last fallWhile Minneapolis has moved swiftly to fire the officers involved in Floyd's death, Carr said she hopes justice can be attained much sooner than it took in her son's case.
to pass a federal law barring officers from using chokeholds — aimed at creating more accountability for police departments.Erik Ortiz is a staff writer for NBC News focusing on racial injustice and social inequality.Gabe Gutierrez is an NBC News Correspondent based in New York. He reports for all platforms of NBC News, including"TODAY," “NBC Nightly News," MSNBC and NBCNews.com.
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