Erick Garner was a 43 year old black male. He was a family man, a grandfather of 3 kids and a father of 6 kids including a 3 month old baby. Mr. Garner was a hard working person, and a person that cared about his community. His friends described him as a hospitable and generous person. Mr. Garner was murdered in the streets of New York City on July 17, 2014 by a police officer from the New York City Police Department by the name of Daniel Pantaleo. The same police officer that was sworn to serve and protect the citizens of New York City. Officer Pantaleo and the New York City Police Department failed to serve and protect Mr. Garner, and instead of protecting him, officer Pantaleo murdered Mr. Garner by using a chokehold, a restraining method that is illegal to use for New York City police officers.
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Garner could of have been prevented. There was no logical answer to end Mr. Garner’s life. Officer Pantaleo took away Mr. Garner’s main birth right, which is the right to live. There is no amount of money that will bring Mr. Garner back to life, or any medical procedure that can revive him, nor can the damages caused to his family can be undone. Therefore, for these reasons I’m asking the jurors in this case to grant an award in the amount of 75 million dollars. The 75 million dollars should be split in half, 35 million dollars to Mr. Garner’s family and the other 35 million dollars should go for the creation of a nonprofit organization that its main focus would be to educate, provide training, locate jobs, legally represent minorities and disadvantaged individuals, help the youth to get school grants, and provide daycare for working parents or for those parents that attend
Garner could of have been prevented. There was no logical answer to end Mr. Garner’s life. Officer Pantaleo took away Mr. Garner’s main birth right, which is the right to live. There is no amount of money that will bring Mr. Garner back to life, or any medical procedure that can revive him, nor can the damages caused to his family can be undone. Therefore, for these reasons I’m asking the jurors in this case to grant an award in the amount of 75 million dollars. The 75 million dollars should be split in half, 35 million dollars to Mr. Garner’s family and the other 35 million dollars should go for the creation of a nonprofit organization that its main focus would be to educate, provide training, locate jobs, legally represent minorities and disadvantaged individuals, help the youth to get school grants, and provide daycare for working parents or for those parents that attend