The Guardian -
25 Jul 2015 07:00

A year ago, Eric Garner died at the hands of the police. His last words - 'I can't breathe' - sparked a wave of protest and changed the way African American parents speak to their children Erica Garner doesn't know how she will explain to Alyssa, her five-year-old daughter, why her grandfather died. "She knows he was killed," says Garner, sitting in the courtyard of the Gowanus housing projects in downtown Brooklyn. "And she knows it was police officers that killed him. But she's a little too yo...
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