Eric Garner’s Widow Demands ‘Civil Unrest’ if Cop at Center of Controversy Isn’t Fired
Eric Garner’s Widow Demands ‘Civil Unrest’ if Cop at Center of Controversy Isn’t Fired
Volume 90%
By Andrew J. Sciascia
Published August 2, 2019 at 1:19pm
After five years, the controversial 2014 death of Eric Garner at the hands of New York Police Department officers has largely disappeared from the national dialogue as the officer deemed responsible, Daniel Pantaleo, faced administrative review.
The case was, however, dragged back into the spotlight this week when hecklers at the second round of Democratic presidential primary debates called out New York Mayor Bill de Blasio for the city’s handling of the case.
“Fire Pantaleo!” hecklers a href="https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2019/08/01/eric-garner-case-clouds-de-blasio-presidential-campaign-1125584">yelled from the audience as de Blasio commented on a supposed record of supporting the African-American community against racially motivated police violence and injustice by repealing “stop and frisk” policies in the city.
Prompted by the chants, moderators would later question the mayor on the Pantaleo case. And the mayor would promise justice in the case soon, with a decision coming down the NYPD pipeline in August.