The three words that still haunt Esaw Garner six years after her husband Eric Garner was killed by a New York Police Department officer rang in her ears again Tuesday night.
“I can’t breathe,” were the words Eric repeated 11 times while Officer Daniel Pantaleo held him around his neck on the sidewalk in a chokehold, which led to his death.
This time, the words were coming from another African American man – 46-year-old George Floyd.
Late Tuesday evening, Garner said she watched the video of Floyd for the first time, even after her children asked her not to.
Since her husband’s death, which Pantaleo never went to trial for because the grand jury decided not to indict him, Garner said the way police officers treat Black people has not improved in the slightest.
