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cigarettes. When they tried to arrest him,
Garner argued with them. Officer Daniel
Pantaleo put him in a choke hold. Other
officers dragged Garner to the ground.
Garner had health problems. He said he
couldn’t breathe. He died soon after.
“I CAN’T BREATHE”
Eric Garner’s last words became a rallying cry
among protesters. In 2016, his siblings used
those words to write the song “I Can’t Breathe.”
The lyrics of the song reflect problems between
police officers and the black community.
Garner’s sister, Ellisha Flagg, sang on the track.
His family said the song was “dedicated to the
struggle everyone is going through.”
Quoted in Daniel Kreps, “Eric Garner’s Family Drops
Moving New Song ‘I Can’t Breathe,’” Rolling Stone,
July 11, 2016. www.rollingstone.com.
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