Sharpton says he's planning march across Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to protest Eric Garner's death
John M. Annese
As demonstrators on Staten Island vowed to keep public pressure on the NYPD, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Saturday that he's planning a march across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to protest the July 17 death of Eric Garner in police custody.
Joined by Garner's family and the fiance of Sean Bell, an unarmed man killed by NYPD officers in a 50-bullet barrage in 2006 on what would have been his wedding day, Sharpton said he's planning to rally support for a federal probe by inviting activists from across the country to join in a march across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, the Associated Press reported Saturday. It's not clear when that march will take place.
"We are not going to let this go," Sharpton said. "Can you imagine? A chokehold on videotape? If we can't get justice here, we can't get justice anywhere."
Garner's widow, Esaw, also spoke at the event, which took place at Sharpton's Harlem headquarters.
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