Family Of Eric Garner Renews Calls For Charges Against Officer Who Killed Him

The family of a man choked to death by a New York City police officer renewed their call to see criminal charges a day after agreeing to a $5.9 million settlement with city officials. With the one-year anniversary of Eric Garner’s death days away, his widow, sua madre, three of his six children and the Rev. Al Sharpton on Tuesday said prosecutors should pursue a criminal case.

On July 17, 2014, New York Police officer Daniel Pantaleo put Garner, 43, in a choke-hold while other cops wrestled him to the ground in Staten Island. They accosted him because he’d allegedly been selling loose cigarettes. A bystander recorded… LEGGI TUTTO