Eric Garner

A Police Officer Killed Their Mother, and Her Sons Want to Know Why He Hasn't Faced Trial

Mary Knowlton was 73 years old when she was shot to death by a police offic...

Mary Knowlton was 73 years old when she was shot to death by a police officer demonstrating to civilians the perils of his job. The officer, Lee Coel, was playing the “bad guy,” and Knowlton...

NEW YORK, NY - DEC 11, 2014: 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. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Garner Way Political Director: Erica Garner ‘Put Her Entire Life In This Fight’

Read this tribute to the activist

Mothers of the Movement Geneva Reed-Veal (C), mother of Sandra Bland delivers remarks as Lucia McBath (R), mother of Jordan Davis; and Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner look on during the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Mothers of the Movement Make Emotional Plea at Democratic Convention

There was at least one group of Hillary Clinton surrogates who would rather...

There was at least one group of Hillary Clinton surrogates who would rather not have taken the stage at the Democratic national convention on Tuesday. The mothers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Sandra...

Oct. 29, 2013. Sybrina Fulton of Miami, Fla., mother of Trayvon Martin, wipes her eyes during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Stand Your Ground laws in Washington.

Meet the Mothers Of The Movement Speaking at the Democratic Convention

'Unless you have lost a child, you don't know this side'

Esaw Garner, widow of Eric Garner photographed in her Manhattan home on Wednesday July 1, 2015 as the one year anniversary of her husband's death nears.

New York City Reaches $5.9 Million Settlement With Eric Garner's Family

The news comes nearly one year after his death

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch appears before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 7, 2015.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch Makes a Big Splash in Her First Month

After months of delay

Activists hold placards as they take part in a vigil in what organizers said was in remembrance of black women and girls killed by the police, in Union Square, Manhattan, New York May 20, 2015

Topless Women Stage #SayHerName Rally Against Perceived Police Brutality

Campaigners want to raise awareness of the deaths of black women and girls ...

Campaigners want to raise awareness of the deaths of black women and girls at the hands of police