by Thomas Altfather Good
Calling for justice for Eric Garner - and his family
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — December 7, 2014. On Pearl Harbor Day a group of Staten Island clergy and parishioners used prayer to demand justice for a day that will live in infamy: the day Eric Garner died while being arrested by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo, who to date has eluded prosecution despite massive nationwide protests.
Assemblyman Matt Titone (left) with vigilers at Tompkinsville Park
(Across the street from where Eric Garner died)
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Reverend Kathlyn Barrett-Layne
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Rev. Kathlyn Barrett-Layne being interviewed by NY1 reporter Aaron Dickens
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Demanding a better world - for the children
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One of the Island’s pastors leads a group prayer
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Praying for justice
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The rally site: two doors down from the place where Eric Garner died
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Thomas Altfather Good is a proud member of the National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981
