The case of Eric Garner—the Staten Island man killed in a police chokehold in July 2014 as he gasped “I can’t breathe!,” helping to galvanize the Black Lives Matter movement—continues to make ...

Eric Garner’s widow, Esaw Garner, has reportedly rejected a $5 million offer from the city of New York to settle a wrongful death claim, the New York Daily News reports. A source familiar with ...

NEW YORK -- New York City reached a settlement Monday with the family of Eric Garner for $5.9 million, almost a year after the 43-year-old died in police custody. The family filed a notice of claim in ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The relationship between blacks and the police is a long standing source of on-again, off-again tension and controversy. The new president of the NAACP, the nation's oldest civil ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Mayor Bill de Blasio says the grand jury decision in the Eric Garner case is not the one many in New York City wanted. But the grand jury, after hearing from officer Daniel Pantaleo ...

As a black man, I’m outraged by this result. And as a lawyer who defends cases on the criminal side and prosecutes cases on the civil side, I’m appalled. I never expected the grand jury to indict ...

The man who shot a video of a fatal police chokehold pleaded not guilty Friday to weapons charges following his arrest earlier this month. Ramsey Orta, 22, was arrested Aug. 2 on Staten Island, blocks ...

Jon Stewart was more serious than usual Wednesday night, taking on the non-indictment in the Eric Garner case. “I don’t know. I honestly don’t know what to say. If comedy is tragedy plus time, I need ...

Four years ago today, Eric Garner was killed on Staten Island by police. The 43-year-old father died after he was put in a chokehold by New York Police Department Officer Daniel Pantaleo. His last ...

A grand jury will decide if criminal charges will be filed in the death of Eric Garner. Garner, a 43-year-old father, died after being put in a chokehold by Officer Daniel Pantaleo on July 17. The ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In a 25-minute interview with Black Entertainment Television, President Obama said protests over the grand jury decision not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric ...

Four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of a Black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander’s video showed an officer kneeling on the handcuffed man’s neck, ...