Erica Garner
The daughter of Eric Garner, who died last year after being held in a chokehold during an arrest for selling untaxed cigarettes on Staten Island, is sharply criticizing a Blue Lives Matter police fundraiser that took place during a recent local minor league baseball game.
The event took place at a Sunday afternoon game for the Staten Island Yankees — a minor league affiliate of the New York Yankees.
“When I heard about the event I threw up. I was just at the grave site of Mike Brown, with his mother and his father in Ferguson.