On July 17,2014 several undercover police officers approached a man who was reportedly selling loose cigarettes on a street in Staten Island. It's a scene we all remember, because we all watched what happened next; a cell phone camera captured the choke hold death of Eric Garner.
Since that day final summer many other black men have died at the hands of police officers and chants of "I can't breathe" have become a rallying cry for a movement to reform policing policies as well as our criminal justice system.
Today, and a year after his death,months after a grand jury chose not to indict Daniel Pantaleo, the officer responsible for Garner's death and days after the Garner family settled with the city for $5.9 million we sight back with WNYC legal analyst Jami Floyd at the impact this case has had on unusual York City and the nation.
Source: wnyc.org