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Al Sharpton
From Ferguson to New York City: The Public Responds to Police-Involved Deaths
With their heads tilted downwards, the family members of black men who recently died at the hands of police—Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Akai Gurley—linked arms and closed their eyes in prayer.
Lawsuit Planned for $75 Million Over NYC Chokehold Death
The family of a man who died after being placed in a police chokehold has filed a notice of claim to sue New York City, the Police Department, and six individual police officers for $75 million.
Unease Grows Between de Blasio and NYPD Officers
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s relationship with police, already strained by accusations that he sided with frequent NYPD critic Al Sharpton over the chokehold death of an unarmed suspect, suffered another hit with revelations that a top aide is living with a convicted killer who has often mocked officers as “pigs.”
Following Ferguson Protests, Calls to End Racial Profiling at NYC Eric Garner March
At Saturday’s march in Staten Island protesting Eric Garner’s death, the crowd’s grievances took a decidedly more racial tone, critical of the police’s targeting of black communities.
The Rev. Al Sharpton Calls for Arrest of Officer in Garner Death
A day after the NYC medical examiner ruled that a chokehold had caused Eric Garner’s death, the Rev. Al Sharpton and Garner’s family called for the arrest of the police officer who had performed an apparent chokehold on Garner.
Grief and Outrage, After Black Man’s Police Chokehold Death
The climate was raw and strained along the short Bay Street where Eric Garner, a 43-year-old black man, died while being arrested on Thursday.
