Emerald Garner

The youngest daughter of Eric Garner, who died after he was restrained in a chokehold by police in New York in 2014, Emerald has worked tirelessly since her father’s death on legislation making it a criminal offence for law enforcement officers to use chokeholds on suspects. Since Eric Garner's death, the Garner family was struck by tragedy several more times when Erica Garner, Emerald’s older sister, died at age 27 at the end of 2017 after a heart attack — and again when Eric’s stepfather Ben Carr died of a heart attack at a family wedding. Over the last six years, in addition to mourning her family members, Snipes-Garner has been dealing with the lengthy, bureaucratic legal processes the family has experienced in their pursuit for justice.
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• https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/05/27/eric-garner-george-floyd-unarmed-black-men
• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-08/george-floyd-death-triggers-painful-memories-for-families/12325864
• https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11808933/police-choked-my-unarmed-dad-to-death-as-he-begged-for-his-life-and-george-floyds-death-brought-it-all-flooding-back/