On 17 July 2014, New York Police Department
officer Daniel Pantaleo killed my father, Eric Garner. More than 11 minutes of
video footage show Officer Pantaleo placing him in an illegal chokehold, and
people all over the world soon learned my father’s final words: “I can’t
breathe”. Faced with yet another incontrovertible act of police brutality,
angered viewers formed resistance groups – practically overnight – to demand
justice.