Eric Garner

State Sen. Sharif Street wants to prohibit chokeholds and postiional asphyxia by cops, and charge officers who violate that rule.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday called on Congress to pass legislation to outlaw the use of chokeholds by police departments. The former vice president said George Floyd protests were a “wake-up call” and that President Donald Trump was “part of the problem.”

A Minneapolis medical examiner has classified George Floyd’s death as a homicide, saying his heart stopped as police restrained him and compressed his neck

During an impromptu prayer vigil in Minneapolis Monday, George Floyd’s brother, Terrence Floyd, condemned acts of violence committed by some during protests. “If I’m not over here whiling out, if I’m not over here blowing up stuff, if I’m not over here messing up my community—then what are y’all doing?” Floyd said.

Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, spoke out about the killing of George Floyd, saying, “It’s like my son was saying, ‘Mama, do something about this.'” Carr’s son died in 2014 after being placed in a police chokehold.

A video shows a Minneapolis police officer with his knee on the neck of black man as they place him under arrest. The man can be heard telling officers he can’t breathe. After several minutes on the ground, the man was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Former NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo is suing the department to get his job back, his lawyer confirmed

Mayor de Blasio has ended his 2020 bid for president.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that he believes the NYPD officer who is accused of using a banned chokehold in the July 2014 death of Eric Garner should be fired.

An NYPD judge recommended firing the officer accused of using a banned chokehold in the July 2014 death of Eric Garner, bring some measure of closure to a nationally influential case that local and federal officials all declined to criminally prosecute. The judge found officer Daniel Pantaleo — who has been on modified administrative duty in the years since Garner’s...

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was targeted with hecklers shouting “Fire Pantaleo” at the second night of the Democratic presidential debates in Detroit. The disruption forced New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker to pause his opening statement Wednesday night. Video shows several people being escorted out of the city’s historic Fox Theatre as they continued to shout.

The medical examiner who performed an autopsy on Eric Garner testified Wednesday that a police officer’s chokehold set into motion “a lethal sequence of events,” but she said even a bear hug could’ve hastened his death given Garner’s fragile health. Hemorrhaging in Garner’s neck muscles was indicative of a chokehold that set off an asthma attack and led to him...

A long-delayed disciplinary trial is set to begin for the NYPD cop accused of using a banned chokehold in the July 2014 death of Eric Garner, whose last words, “I can’t breathe,” became a rallying cry for the national movement against police brutality.

The NYPD says it’s moving ahead with disciplinary proceedings against a police officer accused in the chokehold death of an unarmed man.

As high-profile police shootings continue to shake the United States, a growing number of black police chiefs are struggling to deal with the way their officers treat young men of color, NBC News reported. Daniel Hahn, police chief of Sacramento where Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old black man, was killed in March, is among the officers trying to deal with this...

After days of protest in Sacramento over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man and one day after authorities said the officers who fatally shot Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge in 2016 would not be charged, the White House’s message was clear: These are not federal issues. When asked for the White House’s response to these incidents at...

Erica Garner, the eldest daughter of the New York City man killed in a police chokehold in a case that sparked nationwide protests, has died after suffering from an asthma-triggered heart attack earlier this month, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Saturday. She was 27.

Erica Garner, the eldest daughter of the New York City man killed in a police chokehold in a 2014 case that sparked nationwide protests, suffered “major brain damage from a lack of oxygen” during an asthma-triggered heart attack earlier this month.

The oldest daughter of a New York City man killed by a police chokehold has been hospitalized in critical condition after suffering a heart attack.

The family of a New York City man killed by a police chokehold is set to meet with Justice Department officials as a federal investigation of the case hangs in the balance.