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Killing of Eric Garner

2014 police killing of a black man in New York City

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 31, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner, a 43-year-old African American man, was killed in the New York City borough of Staten Island by Daniel Pantaleo, a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer, after putting him in a prohibited chokehold while arresting him. Video footage of the incident generated widespread national attention and raised questions about the use of force by law enforcement.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Killing of Eric Garner” as 2014 police killing of a black man in New York City. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Killing, Eric and Garner.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2014—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Killing, Eric and Garner providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Killing of Eric Garner”, the useful work is to connect “2014 police killing of a black man in New York City” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 31, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2014.

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This entry incorporates text from “Killing of Eric Garner” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.