5 years after Eric Garner's death, a look back at the case and the movement it sparked.
It has been five years since the last words Eric Garner would ever utter was captured on his friend's cellphone video.
Nonetheless, that December, a Staten Island grand jury declined to indict Pantaleo. The move sparked protests that called into question the abilities of local prosecutors to hold members of law enforcement, especially police officers, accountable. "His death set the tone for a new normal where young black men and women now automatically document police interactions with their cell phones for fear of brutality and even death," Carr's website says.
Although Cuomo's executive order was too late for the Garner family, the state AG's office has investigated 17 cases as of May 2018. Among the deaths that Black Lives Matter protested was Garner’s."I can’t breathe" was soon heard and seen in massive protests in New York City -- in chants, on placards, and in social media accompanying the now-famous hashtag, #BlackLivesMatter -- which contributed to a national discussion that even reached President Barack Obama’s White House.
In 2017, a Staten Island civil court judge approved a $4 million wrongful death settlement for the Garner family.
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