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Court upholds firing of NYPD officer in Eric Garner’s death

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

New law lifts secrecy from Garner officer’s complaint file

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

People record speakers and the crowd during a Caribbean-led Black Lives Matter rally at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza, Sunday, June 14, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Streaming revolution: Protesters make point with viral clips

By JAKE SEINER - Associated Press

In this photo made from video provided by the office of New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Gov. Cuomo, signs into law, Friday, June 12, 2020, in New York, a sweeping package of police accountability measures that received new backing following protests of George Floyd's killing. The laws signed by Cuomo, a Democrat, will ban police chokeholds, make it easier to sue people who call police on others without good reason, and set up a special prosecutor's office to investigate the deaths of people during and following encounters with police officers. (Office of New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo via AP)

New York governor signs police accountability legislation

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Protestors demonstrate on University Avenue while holding a &quot;WE CAN'T BREATHE&quot; sign and wearing protective masks, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

‘I can’t breathe’ a rally cry anew for police protests in US

By COLLEEN LONG and DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press

People gather around a makeshift memorial Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in Minneapolis, near where an black man was taken into police custody the day before who later died. The FBI and Minnesota agents are investigating the death of a black man in Minneapolis police custody after video from a bystander showed a white officer kneeling on his neck during his arrest as he pleaded that he couldn't breathe. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen)

Four Minneapolis officers fired after death of black man

By AMY FORLITI and JEFF BAENEN - Associated Press

In this image made from video, New York City police officers forcefully arrest 20-year-old Fitzroy Gayle in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The widely distributed video sparked outrage and elicited questions about the amount of force used to make the arrest in a city still dealing with mistrust over the 2014 police chokehold death of Eric Garner. (AP Photo/User Generated Content)

Video of black man’s arrest spurs outrage, NYPD probe

By AARON MORRISON and MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 13, 2019, file photo New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo leaves his house Monday, May 13, 2019, in Staten Island, N.Y. New York City’s police commissioner has scheduled a midday news conference as the city waits for his decision on whether to fire Pantaleo, a police officer involved in the 2014 death of an unarmed black man. Police commissioner James O’Neill said he would make an announcement at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, on an undisclosed topic. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

The Latest: Mayor says justice served in firing of officer

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FILE - In this May 13, 2019, file photo, New York City Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo leaves his house in the Staten Island borough of New York. An administrative judge on Friday, Aug. 2,2019, has recommended firing Pantaleo, a New York City police officer accused of using a chokehold in the 2014 death of Eric Garner. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

The Latest: Officer’s lawyer: He’ll fight to keep his job

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Gwen Carr, mother of chokehold victim Eric Garner, speaks outside the U.S. Attorney's office, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, July 16, 2019, as Rev. Al Sharpton listens, center. Federal prosecutors won't bring civil rights charges against New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo, in the 2014 chokehold death of Garner, a decision made by Attorney General William Barr and announced one day before the five-year anniversary of his death, officials said. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

The Latest: Protesters mark anniversary of Garner’s death

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In this May 13, 2019, file photo, New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo leaves his house in Staten Island, N.Y. Time is running out for federal prosecutors to take action in the 2014 death of Eric Garner, the unarmed black man heard on video crying &quot;I can't breathe&quot; after Pantaleo put him in an apparent chokehold. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

The Latest: Officer in chokehold death case is ‘gratified’

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In this Thursday May 9, 2019 photo, Gwen Carr, left, mother of Eric Garner- an unarmed black man who died as he was being subdued in a chokehold by police officer Daniel Pantaleo nearly five years ago, speak during a press conference after leaving court in New York. A judge cleared the way for a police disciplinary trial to begin next week for Pantaleo in the death of Garner, after rejecting his claim that a police watchdog agency didn't have jurisdiction to prosecute the case. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

The Latest: 1st day of Garner death testimony wraps up

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RETRANSMISSION TO CORRECT PARTY AFFILIATION - Oregon state Sen. Dennis Linthicum, R-Klamath Falls, poses in his office in the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., Friday, Feb. 8, 2019. Linthicum is accused of racism by a fellow lawmaker for referencing the death of Eric Garner, a black man killed in New York by police using a chokehold, in a statement opposing cigarette taxes and using Garner's last words: &quot;I can't breathe.&quot; (AP Photo/AndrewSelsky)

Senator criticized for linking man’s death to tobacco taxes

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

Rapper Common, city officials attend Erica Garner’s funeral

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FILE- In this April 27, 2015 file photo, Erica Garner, the daughter of Eric Garner, poses for a photo as she attends the funeral for Freddie Gray in Baltimore. Garner, daughter of Black Lives Matter icon Eric Garner died in New York on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017, after a weeklong hospital stay following a heart attack. (AP Photo/Amanda Meyers, File)

Black Lives Matter icon Eric Garner’s daughter dies at 27

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