On July 17,2014 Eric Garner died at the hands of a police officer on a Staten Island sidewalk, launching a frenzy of media coverage and questions over police brutality, and the criminal justice system and America's ongoing struggle with race. Years later,the media attention is gone and the questions remain. In his new book, I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street, and journalist Matt Taibbi explores the life and death of Eric Garner and examines what his fable can teach us approximately the realities of policing,race and justice in America.
Source: wnyc.org