Pussy Riot dedicates new song ‘I Can’t Breathe’ to Eric Garner
Garner, an unarmed black man, died in New York in July after a white police officer put him in a chokehold. A grand jury in December decided not to indict…
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Pussy Riot dedicate new song ‘I Can’t Breathe’ to Eric Garner
Garner, an unarmed black man, died in New York in July after a white police officer put him in a chokehold. A grand jury in December decided not to indict…
Substantiated Complaints About New York Police Department’s Use Of Chokeholds Increase
Last year, a police oversight board substantiated six complaints by people who said New York City officers had restrained them with a chokehold, a banned maneuver that was used by…
FBI: Man threatened to behead cop who put Eric Garner in chokehold
He was arrested last month and faces a charge of interstate transmission of threatening communications, according to the indictment. Pantaleo, a New York City police officer, put Garner in a…
Fight To Release Eric Garner Grand Jury Records Moves To Court
NEW YORK — A New York state judge heard arguments on Thursday over whether to release records from the grand jury investigation into the death of Eric Garner, the 43-year…
How One NYPD Officer Went To Jail For Using A Chokehold — And Why That’s Unlikely To Happen In The Eric Garner Case
Iris, left, and Ramon Baez, second from left, the parents of Anthony Baez, carry a banner as they march with at least 3,000 protesters down Broadway to New York’s City…
Eric Garner Memorial In Staten Island Burns Down On MLK Day
NEW YORK — A makeshift Staten Island memorial for Eric Garner — the 43-year-old black man who died this summer after being put into a fatal chokehold by a white…
Jennifer Garner Takes Daughter Violet To LA Clippers vs. Boston Celtics Game
Look who it is! – As for the Celtics? Garner clearly likes to get up close and personal with her favorite basketball team.
On MLK day, Rand Paul laments ‘uneasy coexistence of the two Americas’
Citing King’s rhetoric, Paul added that “the uneasy coexistence of the two Americas is brought to bear by the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown.” Paul said that his…