Erica Garner - activist and daughter of police murder victim Eric Garner - passed away. Her death was announced via her official Twitter feed on December 30th 2017 Saturday morning. She died of complications from an asthma attack she had first suffered on Xmas eve. She was 27 years old and left behind two children, including one born back in August. She named her youngest son 'Eric', after his grandfather which he never got to see. Erica was a tireless activist for police accountability, as well as her father's biggest advocate.
As anyone reading may recall, Eric Garner was murdered by a pack of wild animals *aka the NYC Police Gestapo on July 17th 2014. Both Garner and his daughter Erica had suffered from asthma. For the elder Garner, the illness had put him on disability. On occasion, Garner would sell loose cigarettes around his neighborhood in Staten Island to make a little extra change. Police thugs routinely used this petty non-crime as a pretext to stop and harass Garner to no end. Garner had no documented criminal history, other than this. After being surrounded by numerous cops, Garner was ganged up on, forced to the ground, a placed in an illegal choke hold. Garner's entire murder was captured on video for the whole world to later witness. Garner can be heard in that video, saying "I CAN'T BREATHE" 11 times, before passed out. He died on the scene. He was 43 years old.
Daniel Panteleo, the pig most directly responsible for Garner's death, has never been charged with any crime, nor has he faced any measure of punishment. In September 2017, a civilian complaint board finally recommended that Panteleo be disciplined. However, there is no indication that anything ever came of this, despite Panteleo's extensive history of past abuse.
As anyone reading may recall, Eric Garner was murdered by a pack of wild animals *aka the NYC Police Gestapo on July 17th 2014. Both Garner and his daughter Erica had suffered from asthma. For the elder Garner, the illness had put him on disability. On occasion, Garner would sell loose cigarettes around his neighborhood in Staten Island to make a little extra change. Police thugs routinely used this petty non-crime as a pretext to stop and harass Garner to no end. Garner had no documented criminal history, other than this. After being surrounded by numerous cops, Garner was ganged up on, forced to the ground, a placed in an illegal choke hold. Garner's entire murder was captured on video for the whole world to later witness. Garner can be heard in that video, saying "I CAN'T BREATHE" 11 times, before passed out. He died on the scene. He was 43 years old.
Daniel Panteleo, the pig most directly responsible for Garner's death, has never been charged with any crime, nor has he faced any measure of punishment. In September 2017, a civilian complaint board finally recommended that Panteleo be disciplined. However, there is no indication that anything ever came of this, despite Panteleo's extensive history of past abuse.
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