Mother of Eric Garner Seeks Justice at the White House

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Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, speaks alongside her daughter Ellisha Garner, left, and the Rev. Al Sharpton, right, during a rally at the National Action Network headquarters, Saturday, July 26, 2014, in New York. Eric Garner, 43, died on Thursday, July 18, during an arrest in Staten Island, when a plain-clothes police officer placed him in what appeared be a choke hold while several others brought him to the ground and struggled to place him in handcuffs. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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The Obama Administration’s Justice Department, in its final months, changed the prosecutors on the Eric Garner case. There was an impasse on an indictment of any of the police officers involved in the choke hold death of Garner. Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, is still looking for justice and is now asking this White House for some answers. More from White House Correspondent April Ryan.

 

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan

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