‘It all takes a toll’: Eric Garner’s family suffers indignities of trial process
Five years on, after protests around the country and millions of dollars paid to the family, no one has been held liable for Garner’s death
Gwen Carr bowed her head and turned away from the screen as her son’s last words rang out across the trial room.
To her left, a few feet away, sat the NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo, who almost five years ago had placed her son, Eric Garner, in an alleged chokehold that led to his death. He too stared at the ground as his actions on that humid day on Staten Island in 2014 were broadcast to the packed trial room.