While many civil rights leaders have seemingly stayed quiet about Jay-Z’s controversial new partnership with the NFL, the Rev. Al Sharpton decidedly confronted it head-on.
Refusing to say if the cop who killed Eric Garner should be fired clearly will not help Bill de Blasio with Black voters in his run for president.
The NYPD officer who used an illegal chokehold on Eric Garner before the unarmed Black man was killed more than five years ago in Staten Island was suspended on Friday after an administrative judge recommended he be fired. But Daniel Pantaleo was still on the payroll and earning his six-figure salary while NYPD Commissioner James […]
In the first Democratic debate, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio avoided scrutiny for his [mis]handling of Eric Garner's killing by the NYPD. He wasn't so lucky the second time around.
Eric Garner was killed five years ago tomorrow and justice has not been served.
There was no telling when, or if, the trial’s verdict, let alone any punishment for Daniel Pantaleo, would be announced nearly five years after the NYPD chokehold death of Eric Garner.
Officer Daniel Pantaleo strangled Eric Garner on camera and still works for the NYPD.
The NYPD is exposed once again.
The officer who strangled Eric Garner is on trial to determine if he should finally be fired.
