Share This Story!

Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about

FacebookTwitterGoogle+LinkedInPinterest

Activist Erica Garner dies at age 27

It has been reported that Erica Garner has died at age 27 after suffering a massive heart attack a week ago. Daughter of NYPD chokehold victim Eric Garner, she became an outspoken critic of police brutality following her father's death. Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, leads a march of people protesting the Staten Island, New York grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer involved in the chokehold death of Eric Garner in July, on Dec. 11, 2014 in the Staten Island Neighborhood of New York City. Protests have continued throughout the country since the Grand Jury's decision was announced last week.

Posted!

A link has been posted to your Facebook feed.

Join the Nation's Conversation

To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs

Activist Erica Garner dies at age 27

It has been reported that Erica Garner has died at

None

It has been reported that Erica Garner has died at age 27 after suffering a massive heart attack a week ago. Daughter of NYPD chokehold victim Eric Garner, she became an outspoken critic of police brutality following her father's death. Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, leads a march of people protesting the Staten Island, New York grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer involved in the chokehold death of Eric Garner in July, on Dec. 11, 2014 in the Staten Island Neighborhood of New York City. Protests have continued throughout the country since the Grand Jury's decision was announced last week. Andrew Burton, Getty Images
Erica Garner, Eric Garner's daughter, attends a press

None

Erica Garner, Eric Garner's daughter, attends a press conference held with her family members and the Reverend Al Sharpton calling for further justice and legal action against the police officers responsible in the death of Eric Garner on July 14, 2015 in New York City. Garner died in July, 2014 when police subdued him with a chokehold under suspicion of selling loose cigarettes. Andrew Burton, Getty Images
Erica Garner, right, daughter of Eric Garner who died

None

Erica Garner, right, daughter of Eric Garner who died after being put in a chokehold by NYPD officers, campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders during a campaign event at University of South Carolina Feb. 16, 2016 in Columbia, SC. Alex Wong, Getty Images
Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, lays down

None

Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, lays down in the spot where her father died during a die-in, alongside other people protesting the Staten Island, New York grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer involved in the chokehold death of Eric Garner in July, on Dec. 11, 2014 in the Staten Island Neighborhood of New York City. Protests have continued throughout the country since the Grand Jury's decision was announced last week. Andrew Burton, Getty Images
Erica Garner, the daughter of Eric Garner, who was

None

Erica Garner, the daughter of Eric Garner, who was choked to death by a police officer on Staten Island asks to speak with President Barack Obama outside at a town hall hosted by ABC to engage directly with officers, parents, students, community leaders and families on trust and safety in the communities at the Studio Theater July 14, 2016 in Washington, DC. Pool photo by Olivier Douliery
(L-R) Erica Garner, daughter of the late Eric Garner;

None

(L-R) Erica Garner, daughter of the late Eric Garner; Esaw Garner, widow of Eric Garner; and Rev. Al Sharpton speak with each other before meeting with Department of Justice officials, June 21, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The family was expected to receive a status report on the progress of the civil rights investigation into Eric Garner's police-involved choking death. Drew Angerer, Getty Images
In this April 27, 2015 file photo, Erica Garner, the

None

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. Amanda Meyers, AP

Like this topic? You may also like these photo galleries:

    Replay
    Autoplay
    Show Thumbnails
    Show Captions

    None

    It has been reported that Erica Garner has died at age 27 after suffering a massive heart attack a week ago. Daughter of NYPD chokehold victim Eric Garner, she became an outspoken critic of police brutality following her father's death. Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, leads a march of people protesting the Staten Island, New York grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer involved in the chokehold death of Eric Garner in July, on Dec. 11, 2014 in the Staten Island Neighborhood of New York City. Protests have continued throughout the country since the Grand Jury's decision was announced last week.