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His mother, Gwen Carr, reflects on her son\u2019s life and her journey for justice amid growing protests against police brutality: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/HdsF6YEjlw\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/HdsF6YEjlw\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/3UQaM7MD1G\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/3UQaM7MD1G\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Good Morning America (@GMA) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/GMA\/status\/1284141490596454401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJuly 17, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELaura Pitter, deputy director of the US Program at Human Rights Watch, pointed out that police reforms, such as banning chokeholds, aren\u2019t enough to end the deadly police violence that cuts an alarming number of Black lives short every year. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/06\/02\/us-address-structural-racism-underlying-protests\u0022\u003EStructural changes to policing\u003C\/a\u003E are needed.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003ESix years to the day that the NYPD killed Eric Garner, we mourn his death, and that of so many others, to police violence.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBreonna Taylor\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nGeorge Floyd\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nRayshard Brooks\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTerence Crutcher\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMichael Brown\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nthe list goes on...\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ICantBreathe?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#ICantBreathe\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#BlackLivesMatter\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/vZBXQIrgPM\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/vZBXQIrgPM\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/NaMEtKVVWe\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/NaMEtKVVWe\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Laura Pitter (@Laurapitter) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/Laurapitter\/status\/1284145720371666944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJuly 17, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EYes, NYC just enacted some modest police reforms, including criminally banning chokeholds like the one that killed Garner, but the NYPD has banned chokeholds since 1993, and much more, in NY and elsewhere, still needs to be done. See \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hrw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@hrw\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/G8e1KduTeL\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/G8e1KduTeL\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/iwwQUMxeLt\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/iwwQUMxeLt\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Laura Pitter (@Laurapitter) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/Laurapitter\/status\/1284145721759993856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJuly 17, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EFor example, it took five years to fire the officer who killed Garner, Daniel Pantaleo, and the US Department of Justice, after a long investigation, refused to bring charges against him. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/rOKOywRh4f\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/rOKOywRh4f\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/FvSCcfoLNJ\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/FvSCcfoLNJ\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Laura Pitter (@Laurapitter) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/Laurapitter\/status\/1284145722984718337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJuly 17, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]