Erica Garner dies at 27

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

Activist Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, dies at 27 following massive heart attack.

Wow.  RIP.

[P. Clodius Pulcher did nothing wrong]

[America Needs R'hllor]

Wow, 27? That's terrible. RIP.

[dead0man]

it shouldn't be illegal to sell single cigarettes.

[Figueira]

I liked her. RIP.

[Pyro]

Rest in Power, Ms. Garner.

[Cactus Jack]

The Facebook comments I've seen about the story all make me either want to kill myself or throw a Trump supporter from the Empire State Building. Make of that what you will, mods, but I'm disgusted to my core.

Rest in peace.

This post is very close to the line, but I am letting it go for the moment. I don't think you mean this literally as opposed to just venting anger. Torie.

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

Rest in peace, FF.

[Unapologetic Chinaperson]

Rest in Power, Ms. Garner.

Her death is also tragically ironic, given that African Americans continue to face shorter life expectancies due to heart diesease.

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[Rookie Yinzer]

Rest in Peace.

Her life was too short, it is a shame she had to spend the last few years of her life dealing with her father's murderers being set free with no consequence.

[Dr. MB]

I remember her from that Bernie Sanders ad. RIP.

[Unapologetic Chinaperson]

Rest in Peace.

Her life was too short, it is a shame she had to spend the last few years of her life dealing with her father's murderers being set free with no consequence.

It would seem that the stress of dealing with all of this was a contributing factor to her heart attack.

[Antonio the Sixth]

That's genuinely depressing. RIP.

[JGibson]

Rest In Power, Erica Garner.

[KingSweden]

Far, far too young. RIP.

[CookieDamage]

Rest in peace. She was a great activist we did not deserve. She could have taken time off after her father's murder but she kept on with her activism even if it might have killed her.

Also, where are all the Republicans memorializing her? There's too much red on this thread.

[Suburbia]

Rest in Power, Ms. Garner.

[Fuzzy Bear]

I'm sorry she's dead at such a young age, and I pray that the family finds some peace.

In her life, Erica Garner was, IMO, rather misguided, and some of that misguiding lies at the feet of her father, who had an extensive criminal record, and was resisting a lawful arrest at the time he was placed in a controversial chokehold by NYPD.  (The chokehold is not "illegal", but it is prohibited by NYPD policy; that distinction is a fact that cries out for attention.)  A grand jury consisting of 3 whites and 9 minority members declined to indict the officers involved in the incident that hastened Mr. Garner's demise.  

Mr. Garner was placed in a chokehold because he chose to resist a lawful arrest.  This fact cries out for recognition as well.  The advocacy of Erica Garner is an advocacy for the right of folks to resist arrest without consequence, simply because THEY (the persons being arrested) assert that it is unjust.  I would honestly ask folks here sympathetic to Ms. Garner's complaints and advocacy what the ramifications are for public safety if folks being placed under arrest have the right to physically resist without police redoubling their efforts to subdue the suspect.  

What the appropriate enforcement for selling "loosies" (not the only offense Mr. Garner was ever charged with; he had 30 prior arrests) is a legitimate issue, the right to resist a lawful arrest is not.  While criminal defendants have the right presumption of innocence in Court, Mr. Garner has a history of convictions.  People make mistakes, but one of the mistakes Mr. Garner (IMO) repeatedly made is the refusal to take personal responsibility for obeying the laws of his state and city.  

Ms. Garner, in her lifetime, was blind to that side of the coin.  Her advocacy was one-sided, and reflected no concern for folks who did obey the law and do deserve protection from those who would break it.  Yes, Ms. Garner, and BLM, raise legitimate issues for discussion by reasonable people.  But Ms. Garner, in her lifetime, was not one of those reasonable people whose thoughts and actions could have led to a solution of even the legitimate issues she raised (let alone the apologia for folks who want the right to resist arrest).

Her death is a personal tragedy for her family.  I'll leave it at that.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Rest in Peace.

Her life was too short, it is a shame she had to spend the last few years of her life dealing with her father's murderers being set free with no consequence.

It would seem that the stress of dealing with all of this was a contributing factor to her heart attack.

I wonder how many Americans Trump's election will end up killing this way? (And how many has Fox News been killing this way for years?)

[OneJ]

Far, far too young. RIP.

[cvparty]

Rest in Power, Ms. Garner.

Her death is also tragically ironic, given that African Americans continue to face shorter life expectancies due to heart diesease.

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how is that ironic?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

God rest her soul.

[Unapologetic Chinaperson]

Rest in Power, Ms. Garner.

Her death is also tragically ironic, given that African Americans continue to face shorter life expectancies due to heart diesease.

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how is that ironic?

Maybe "ironic" was not the right word. I wanted to point out how a woman who spent much of her life fighting institutional racism was slain by the effects of that same institutional racism.

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RIP. I suspect she'd still be alive if her father was.

[Indy Texas]

Rest in Power, Ms. Garner.

Her death is also tragically ironic, given that African Americans continue to face shorter life expectancies due to heart diesease.

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They face a much higher allostatic load, due to the constant societal pressure ranging from implicit bias to outright police brutality.

Being black in America literally takes years off your life.