Five years after Eric Garner’s death, his mother Gwen Carr urges Congress to pass a bill preventing the use of the chokehold that killed her son. - NBCBLK
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who represents parts of Brooklyn and Queens, introduced the bill in 2015.
Jefferies has also sponsored other bills aimed at changing the criminal justice system, including bills that would allow ex-offenders to register and vote, include internet use in hate crime reporting and promote improved incarcerated representation.Eric Garner was unarmed when then-New York City Officer Daniel Pantaleo put him in a chokehold during an arrest for selling loose cigarettes on Staten Island.
Earlier this summer, Attorney General William Barr announced that Pantaleo would not face federal criminal charges in connection with Garner’s death. Soon after, Pantaelo was
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