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Showing posts with label Eric Garner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eric Garner. Show all posts
Sunday, July 17, 2022

Staten Island street renamed for Eric Garner eight years after death

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A Staten Island street has been named for Eric Garner, who died after an NYPD officer put him in a chokehold during an arrest.
Saturday, June 13, 2020

#SAYHERNAME: 18 Black women who have died at the hands of police since Eric Garner's death

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We all know the names of Eric Garner, George Floyd, and the far too many other Black men that have died at the hands of police in betwee...
Friday, August 02, 2019

NYPD judge recommends officer in Eric Garner case should be fired

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A New York Police Department judge has recommended the firing of Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who faced disciplinary charges over the 2014 d...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Eric Garner's family responds to Justice Department decision to not charge cop who killed Garner

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Eric Garner's daughter and mother react to the not so surprising news that the William Barr led Justice Department will not be bring...
Monday, December 25, 2017

Eric Garner’s daughter on life support in ICU after suffering heart attack

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The oldest daughter of Eric Garner — who has become an advocate against police brutality since her dad’s death — suffered a heart attack...
Saturday, March 25, 2017

Feds revive probe of Eric Garner chokehold death

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The feds have revived the grand jury probe into the NYPD chokehold death of Eric Garner — and a police witness who was questioned in fro...
Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Black people, if black lives matter then we have to stop ducking jury duty.

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If we are really tired of police officers always being acquitted by juries after killing unarmed black men then we as black people hav...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Full Speech: Mothers of the Movement Address Democratic National Convention

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An emotional moment during the Democratic National Convention came when the mothers of African-Americans who were the victims of gun v...
Sunday, February 14, 2016

Eric Garner's daughter releases ad for Bernie Sanders.

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Erica Garner stars in a new four-minute campaign ad for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, in an effort to spread Sande...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Eric Garner grand jury records kept secret by appeals court

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A mid-level appeals court has upheld a decision to withhold the grand jury minutes in ​the case against a cop initially charged in ​Eri...
Monday, July 27, 2015

Study: Prejudice makes us see innocent people as threats

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The police killings of unarmed black men like Eric Garner, Michael Brown and, most recently, Sam Dubose at a July 19 traffic stop at t...
Friday, March 13, 2015

NYPD edits Wikapedia pages dealing with NY police killings of black men.

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Revisions to Wikipedia entries about black men killed by New York City police officials came from computers in the department's he...
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Should NY police protest stop until after slain officers funerals?

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has asked for the protest that have resulted from the non indictment of a police officer in the d...
Sunday, December 21, 2014

African Americans don't need to be told to hate or mistrust the police.

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I'm convinced that conservatives and cops think black people as a whole are incapable of thinking for ourselves. First we had to...

Al Sharpton statement on shooting deaths of two NYPD officers.

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Al Sharpton made the following statement on behalf of the family of Eric Garner after the tragic deaths of two NYPD officers at the h...
Saturday, December 13, 2014

Protesters March on Washington Against Police Violence

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More than 10,000 protesters from New York City and around the U.S. converged on Washington Saturday, marching to the Capitol to call...
Tuesday, December 09, 2014

BET Exclusive: Obama Talks Race, Racism and How Far America Has to Go

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President Obama sat down for an interview with BET in which he discussed race, racism, the interactions of young black men and the p...
Monday, December 08, 2014

Derrick Rose on I Can't Breathe Shirt: I made my point

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[ SOURCE:ESPN ] For the first time since wearing "I can't breathe" shirt in support of Eric Garner before Saturday...
Sunday, December 07, 2014

Gabrielle Union on Eric Garner Case: We Watched A Snuff Film

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There's a lot to complain about in the way the justice system has handled the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, but Gabriel...
Saturday, December 06, 2014

Body cameras protect both civilians and the police.

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First let me say that I have a deep respect for most of the people that police our neighborhoods and understand that they perform a ne...