The F.B.I. is now actively monitoring the circumstances surrounding the death of 43-year-old Eric Garner, The Wire has learned. Garner died Thursday after New York City police tried to arrest him for selling individual cigarettes, something that is
Bronx: The tragic death of Eric Garner shows the need for civilians to submit to arrest without resisting lawful authority. There's always the possibility of arguing the merits of the case, but no one is allowed to resist arrest at that moment. It
Another shocking video has surfaced on the death of Eric Garner, which continues to spark outrage in his Staten Island community and beyond. Footage captured right after New York City police put him in a chokehold against the ground Thursday, which
Police suspected that man, Eric Garner, was selling untaxed, loose cigarettes. Garner, an asthmatic Staten Island man who was married with six children, died. Pantaleo is on desk duty, with his badge and gun taken away.
Watching the brutal video of the police bringing down Eric Garner, never to get up again, I though about Mo and his cousins at the Ditmas Park bodega I bought my loosies from for years. They're part of the neighborhood, keeping an eye on the street and