Eric Garner remembered on 7th anniversary of his death
July 17, 2021
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NEW YORK (AP) Family and community members gathered in New York City on Saturday to remember Eric Garner on the seventh anniversary of his death in a police chokehold.
Garner s mother, Gwen Carr, gathered with others in Staten Island just a few hundred feet from where her son lost his life, the Staten Island Advance reported. She said it was important to continue to honor her son s legacy and never forget what happened.
“Every year since, we have commemorated and honored the memory of my son, and we will continue to do so,” Carr said. (With) some people, it would have been swept under the rug and they would have forgotten who Eric Garner was. But because of the movement, because of the people, because of my family, he’s not ever going to be forgotten.”
‘A platform of empowerment’: 27th annual Crime Victims’ Vigil held Thursday night
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The 27th annual Crime Victims’ Vigil was held virtually Thursday night, showcasing the strength and resilience of survivors as a part of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week.
The vigil, organized by Safe Horizon, the NYC Family Justice Center and the office of Richmond County District Attorney Michael E. McMahon, featured profound stories of survivors and honored the lives of those lost to crime on Staten Island.
“In America today, we often speak of criminal justice, juvenile justice and even community justice, yet we seldom hear about victim justice, which really must be at the very heart and soul if we are to have justice in our nation,” said McMahon at the onset of the vigil.
‘A step in the right direction’: Staten Island activists react to Derek Chauvin verdict
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Staten Islanders participate in a march from Park Hill to the 120th Precinct in St. George on May 31, 2020. (Staten Island Advance/Jason Paderon)
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Chauvin, 45 and white, was convicted of killing Floyd in an encounter where he pinned his knee on the 46-year-old Black man’s neck for 9 minutes, 29 seconds, as Floyd lay face-down in handcuffs. Floyd had been accused of passing a counterfeit $20 bill at a neighborhood market.
“I am very very happy for George Floyd’s family to finally get that reconciliation, but me, honestly, I am not deeply moved by it,” said Donovan Robinson, 25, of West Brighton, who was a key speaker at some of the largest protests on the borough in 2020. “When you have a video of someone standing on someone’s neck for nine minutes, that is not justice, that is just obvious.
We stand together in expressing serious concern with the Trump administration s vaccine distribution plan. While we are encouraged by recent reports regarding the vaccines efficacy, there is urgent work to be done to ensure vaccination efforts are both expeditious and fair.
Governors need federal funding in order to execute comprehensive distribution plans to guarantee that all communities have access to the vaccine. The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials estimates that a comprehensive vaccine distribution program would cost approximately $8 billion. To date, the Trump Administration has administered a mere $200 million to the states.
Without adequate funding, distribution will not be equitable. COVID-19 has laid bare chronic health disparities in our country that led communities of color to suffer disproportionately from this virus. Communities of color disproportionately suffer from pre-existing conditions, such as asthma, obesity and hyp