“I can’t breathe” became the rallying cry after the death of Eric Garner resulting from his July 17, 2014 encounter with NYPD officers, including Daniel Pantaleo, echoing in marches and protests by Black Lives Matter activists and others across the country.
Mr. Garner, in a cellphone video seen untold number of times since then, uttered the phrase 11 times as five officers attempted to handcuff him as he lay on the hot Tompkinsville concrete that summer afternoon, under arrest for selling untaxed cigarettes.
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