5 years later, officer faces reckoning for Eric Garner chokehold death
NEW YORK — The deadly confrontation five summers ago flickers in Gwen Carr’s mind, competing for attention with warm, happy memories of her late son Eric Garner’s life. For all the smiles and laugher they shared, there are flashes of Garner being grabbed by a New York City police officer and crying out: “I can’t breathe.” Carr said she has been reliving what she pointedly calls “my son’s murder” every day since his July 2014 death : Her first born succumbing to […]