NYC Settles With Family Of Eric Garner For $5.9 Million

NYC Settles With Family Of Eric Garner For $5.9 Million

By Dana Farrington

The family’s attorney confirms the settlement to NPR. Garner died after being placed in a chokehold by police last July in Staten Island, N.Y., during an arrest that was captured on video.

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