Posted by TAG - August 24, 2014 | News
 Protesters at the “We Won’t Go Back” march on Staten Island (Photo: Thomas Altfather Good) |
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — August 23, 2014. The Reverend Al Sharpton led a crowd of three to four thousand in Staten Island on Saturday, marching in protest at the death of Eric Garner. Garner died when New York City police applied a chokehold on him on July 17. |
 “Support NYPD — Stop Police Brutality” (Photo: Thomas Altfather Good) |
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Sharpton appeared with Garner’s widow, Esaw. Other relatives of people killed by New York City police, present at the march, included Kadiatou Diallo, whose son Amadou, an unarmed Guinean immigrant, was fatally shot by police outside of his Bronx apartment in 1999, and Constance Malcolm, the mother of Ramarley Graham, an unarmed 18-year-old pursued and shot in his own bathroom in the Bronx by a New York City police officer in 2012. |
 Gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout with National Writers Union president Larry Goldbetter (Photo: Thomas Altfather Good) |
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Supporters included Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham University law professor who is running against Governor Andrew Cuomo in the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial primary, former Governor David Paterson, and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito. |
 New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito at the Garner march (Photo: Thomas Altfather Good) |
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Protesters shouted slogans including, “Hands up don’t shoot,” a chant that originated in Ferguson in protests against the police shooting of Michael Brown, and “I can’t breathe,” Garner’s last words. |
 “I Can’t Breathe” — Eric Garner’s last words (Photo: Thomas Altfather Good) |
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A grand jury will meet next month to determine whether anyone should be criminally charged in Garner’s death. The city’s medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. |
 “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot…” (Photo: Thomas Altfather Good) |
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The United Federation of Teachers and 1199 SEIU, a healthcare workers union, co-sponsored the march, along with the National Action Network and the NAACP. There were no incidents or arrests. |
 Labor was well represented in the march (Pictured: UAW members Scott Sommer, Joel Schlemowitz, and George Albro) (Photo: Thomas Altfather Good) |
 Part of the NAACP contingent (Photo: Thomas Altfather Good) View More Photos… |
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