50+ MusicFeb 6
"I can't breathe" is a #slogan of the #BlackLivesMatter movement in the United States. The phrase originates from the #lastWords of #EricGarner, who was killed in 2014 after being put in a #chokehold by a #NewYorkCityPolice officer. A number of other #BlackAmericans, such as #JavierAmbler, #ManuelEllis, #ElijahMcClain, and #GeorgeFloyd, have said the same phrase prior to dying during similar #lawenforcement encounters. According to a 2020 report by #TheNewYorkTimes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRZWiqBHYaY
H.E.R. - I Can't Breathe (Audio)

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50+ MusicJan 8
"I can't breathe" is a #slogan of the #BlackLivesMatter movement in the United States. The phrase originates from the #lastWords of #EricGarner, who was killed in 2014 after being put in a #chokehold by a #NewYorkCityPolice officer. A number of other #BlackAmericans, such as #JavierAmbler, #ManuelEllis, #ElijahMcClain, and #GeorgeFloyd, have said the same phrase prior to dying during similar #lawenforcement encounters. According to a 2020 report by #TheNewYorkTimes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9rrlPkd3VQ
H.E.R. Performs "I Can't Breathe" & "Fate" – Live | 2020 Roots Picnic Virtual Experience

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LA ProgressiveDec 12
Frank Tyson - White supremacy uses police to choke the life out of Black bodies as they gasp for air. They sit on the backs of #GeorgeFloyd, #EricGarner, and #FrankTyson., https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/frank-tyson
Church of JeffSep 18, 2025

#Racism #Bigotry #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #AmericanHistory #SayTheirNames #TreyvonMartin #PhilandoCastile #GeorgeFloyd #SandraBland #TamirRice #EricGarner #BreonnaTaylor #DaunteWright #AndreHill #ManuelEllis #AtatianaJefferson #AuraRosser #StephonClark #BothamJean #AltonSterling

Fuck, there are just too many names...

Show threadAudubon Ballroon (he/him)Sep 15, 2025

I can decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese)
I can ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans)
I can cash a check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood)
I can take out my wallet (#AmadouDiallo)
I can run (#WalterScott)
I can breathe (#EricGarner)
I can live (#FreddieGray)
I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED (#GeorgeFloyd)

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Liam O'Mara IV, PhDJul 18, 2025

On #ThisDayInHistory in 2014, #EricGarner was murdered by #NYPD because they thought he was selling cigarettes. The excessive force used against suspects by US #police forces would shame any tinpot dictatorship. That we can't fix it is outrageous.

#ICantBreathe #BlackLivesMatter

Show threadclassical_deeNov 15, 2024
#nyc In particular, they followed up on the cops involved in #ericgarner death and found - shocker - that they’ve been unaffected and have pulled in millions of dollars in OT. One of Garner’s cop critics was himself involved in a liquor racket scandal but is a deputy mayor https://indypendent.org/2024/06/eric-garner-10-years-later/
Eric Garner, 10 Years Later

What happened to the cops who killed him?

HistorianspeaksSep 15, 2024
Historianspeaks remembers Eric Garner whoo would have turned 54 today.
On July 17, 2014, Garner, an African American man, was killed in the New York City borough of Staten Island by Daniel Pantaleo, NYPD officer, after Pantaleo approached Garner about selling loose cigarettes, used a chokehold, an illegal restraining tactic, causing Garner to lose consciousness and die.. Video footage of the incident generated widespread national attention. #EricGarner #ICan'tBreathe #NYPD #PoliceBrutality
Show threadanna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖Jul 25, 2024

#SonyaMassey #GeorgeFloyd #EricGarner #MichaelBrown #PhilandoCastile #BreonnaTaylor #FreddieGray #TamirRice #OscarGrant #LaquanMcDonald #ElijahMcClain #AltonSterling #WalterScott #BothamJean #StephonClark #AtatianaJefferson #SandraBland #TonyMcDade #DanielPrude #JohnCrawfordIII #ManuelEllis #AmadouDiallo #AiyanaStanleyJones #TerrenceCrutcher #SeanBell #JonathanFerrell #EzellFord #RenishaMcBride #KennethChamberlainSr #TamiaRice #EricHarris #JamarClark #RayshardBrooks #AldredOlango

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Anonymous 🐈️🐾☕🍵🏴🇵🇸 Jul 18, 2024

Today, we remember #EricGarner, who was killed by the Staten Island police on July 17, 2014.

His last words, “I can’t breathe,” became the rallying cry of a generation. Rest in Power, Eric. We won’t stop fighting for the world that you deserved. 🫀
#BlackLivesMatter