ERICA GARNER

When Women Speak
May 29, 1990 - December 30, 2017

May 29, 1990 - December 30, 2017

 
"I was a daddy's girl. Everything that my dad taught me: you have to be a leader, you have to lead by example. Now I understand why he was telling me all these things growing up."

 

 

 

 
 

In the video below, Erica Garner describes how she felt after her father was killed, and the events that followed. 

Erica Garner describes the agony of finding out her father was killed while in a chokehold by NYPD officers - and the aftermath of the trial and protests.