The NYPD officer who used a banned chokehold that led to the death of Eric Garner was fired Monday, five years after Garner’s final words — “I can’t breathe” — fueled the nationwide #BlackLivesMatter ...

Michael Brown’s death helped spark a whole movement. The Root looks back at other incidents of police brutality that sparked racial justice protests. Former NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo has already ...

The clash happened nearly six years after Eric Garner’s similar plea of “I can’t breathe” became a rallying cry for social ...

The U.S. Department of Justice will not file charges against the NYPD officer accused of using a deadly chokehold on Eric Garner, whose final words, "I can't breathe," became a rallying cry for the ...

In 2014, Eric Garner lost his life at the hands of NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo. Five years later, the officer will face a trial that could lose him his job. Suggested Reading MAGA in Virginia is ...

New York City might never tell the public if the police officer at the center of the Eric Garner chokehold death case is disciplined, the mayor and police commissioner indicated this week after ...

On the fourth anniversary of Eric Garner’s death Tuesday, his mother stood on the steps of City Hall and demanded action from authorities. Just a day earlier, the New York Police Department said in a ...

NEW YORK — Five years after Eric Garner died in police custody and ignited a national outcry, a police administrative judge recommended Friday that the officer who placed him in a chokehold during the ...

Four years ago today, Eric Garner was killed on Staten Island by police. The 43-year-old father died after he was put in a chokehold by New York Police Department Officer Daniel Pantaleo. His last ...

NEW YORK — Five years after Eric Garner’s death in police custody ignited a national outcry, a police administrative judge recommended Friday that the officer who placed him in a chokehold during the ...