Erica Garner, daughter of man who died after police chokehold, hospitalized

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NEW YORK — The oldest daughter of a New York City man killed in a police chokehold was in the hospital Monday in critical condition after suffering a heart attack.

Erica Garner, 27, went into cardiac arrest Saturday night and is in a coma, family members told the New York Daily News.

The woman’s father, Eric Garner, died after a white police officer put Garner, who is black, in a chokehold while arresting him on Staten Island in 2014. Erica Garner became a vocal advocate against police brutality.

An asthma attack triggered the cardiac arrest, said her mother, Esaw Snipes-Garner.

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Erica Garner suffered her first heart attack not long after giving birth to a boy in August, Snipes-Garner said. Doctors said the pregnancy had put a strain on her heart, which was later found to be enlarged.