On 17 July 2014, Eric Garner, an unarmed Black man, was murdered by white NYPD officers whilst arresting him after they suspected him of illegally selling cigarettes. He was choked to death using a banned chokehold manoeuvre while he pleaded with officers, telling them 11 times "I can't breathe". On December 3 of that same year a grand jury decided not to charge the NYPD officer who put Garner in a lethal chokehold. The event sparked protests and rallies across the US. On July 13, 2015, an out-of-court settlement was announced in which the City of New York would pay the Garner family $5.9 million. As of 2020, while the killer officer was eventually fired in 2019, none of the police involved in Garner's murder have been charged with any offence. Instead New York City painted the words "Black Lives Matter" on one lane of a short stretch of 5th Avenue.
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