Erica Garner, Daughter of Eric Garner, Dies at 27
- bkingangelica
- Dec 30, 2017
- 2 min read
On December 30th Erica Garner, the daughter of police victim Eric Garner, passed away. Garner’s passing was confirmed through her official twitter account, “She passed away this morning. The reports are real. We didn’t deserve her.”
In August, Erica Garner suffered from two heart attacks post pregnancy. Garner suffered from another heart attack last week and was being hospitalized since. Following the heart attack she went into a coma.
27-year-old Garner became a Civil Rights Activist after her father, Eric Garner, died shortly after being placed in a choke hold by New York police.
Cellphone video footage showed Eric Garner being approached by several police who suspected Garner to be selling untaxed cigarettes. The video then went on to show unarmed Garner unwilling to be arrested and then being placed in a choke hold. Eric Garner repeatedly stated “I can’t breathe”.
Eric’s last words, “I Can’t Breathe”, became the words that fueled protests and rally’s.
In wake of her fathers death, Erica became well involved with activism and joined forces with the Black Lives Matter Movement.
There has been a tremendous out pour of love since Erica Garners passing. On twitter Garner’s loved ones and people like Bernie Sanders (who Garner endorsed for President), Holly Robinson Peete, Talib Kweli Greene, Jemele Hill have shared their condolences.
A member of Garner’s team tweeted “When you report this you remember she was human: mother, daughter, sister, aunt. Her heart was bigger than the world. It really really was. She cared when most people wouldn't have. She was good. She only pursued right, no matter what. No one gave her justice.”
A warrior, soldier, fighter, and fierce were words that many has described justice seeker, Erica Garner as. We send our sincerest love and prayers to Garner’s family. We pray that the legacy she has left behind lives on.