New York City to pay Eric Garner family $5.9m in choking death

 

New York City has agreed to pay $5.9m (£3.8m) to the family of Eric Garner who died after a violent arrest.

The arrest was captured on video and Garner's words "I can't breathe" became a slogan for protesters nationwide.
Garner's death was one of a number of controversial cases in the US where unarmed black people have been killed by white police officers

Note
Police officers stopped Garner on 17 July 2014 outside a store on Staten Island for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes

After Garner argued with police and refused to be handcuffed, officer Daniel Pantaleo put Garner in a neck hold. Garner, who had asthma, was wrestled to the ground and restrained by force.

He died later at a local hospital.