“I Can’t Breathe” Echoes Loudly

I FIRST HEARD ABOUT GEORGE FLOYD THE morning after it happened. A reporter called me, and when I learned the details of how he died, I had an immediate lump in my throat and jolting pain in my heart.

It brought me back to July 17, 2014, the day the police put my son, Eric Garner, in a chokehold and ultimately caused his death.

Tears rushed to my eyes. It