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The Rev. Al Sharpton, center, is joined by Eric Garner's mother Gwen Carr, left, daughter Erica Garner, second from left, son Eric Garner, third from left, daughter Emerald Snipes, second from right, and wife Esaw Snipes, as he speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, July 14, 2015, in New York. The family of Garner, a black man who died after being placed in a white police officer's chokehold, discussed the $5.9 million settlement it reached with the city days before the anniversary of his death. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Esaw Garner, wife of Eric Garner, cries during a rally at the National Action Network headquarters for her husband on July 19, 2014 in New York. (Associated Press)
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Grand juries decided not to indict officers in the chokehold death of Eric Garner in New York and the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, leading to protests. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Around 100 New York public defenders reportedly walked out of Brooklyn Criminal Court Wednesday and staged a 7-minute long die-in, marking five months since the police-involved death of Eric Garner. (Tasneem Nashrulla via Vine)
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African American Congressional staffers hold a protest on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol Building to protest the Eric Garner and Mike Brown grand jury decisions, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), second from left, joins African American Congressional staffers as they hold a protest on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol Building to protest the Eric Garner and Mike Brown grand jury decisions, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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African American Congressional staffers hold a protest on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol Building to protest the Eric Garner and Mike Brown grand jury decisions, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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African American Congressional staffers hold a protest on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol Building to protest the Eric Garner and Mike Brown grand jury decisions, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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African American Congressional staffers hold a protest on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol Building to protest the Eric Garner and Mike Brown grand jury decisions, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Members of the protest group Code Pink and mothers of children of police brutality show their support as African American Congressional staffers hold a protest nearby on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol Building to protest the Eric Garner and Mike Brown grand jury decisions, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), center, joins African American Congressional staffers as they hold a protest on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol Building to protest the Eric Garner and Mike Brown grand jury decisions, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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African American Congressional staffers hold a protest on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol Building to protest the Eric Garner and Mike Brown grand jury decisions, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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African American Congressional staffers hold a protest on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol Building to protest the Eric Garner and Mike Brown grand jury decisions, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), center, joins African American Congressional staffers as they hold a protest on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol Building to protest the Eric Garner and Mike Brown grand jury decisions, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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African American Congressional staffers hold a protest on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol Building to protest the Eric Garner and Mike Brown grand jury decisions, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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African American Congressional staffers hold a protest on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol Building to protest the Eric Garner and Mike Brown grand jury decisions, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Eric Garner's widow, Esaw, said Sunday that she believes her husband was "murdered unjustly" by New York police, but she doesn't think race was a contributing factor in his death. (NBC News)
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Eric Garner's widow, Esaw, said Sunday that she believes her husband was "murdered unjustly" by New York police, but she doesn't think race was a contributing factor in his death. (NBC News)
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Protesters participate in a "die-in" at Grand Central Station as police stand guard during a demonstration against a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Illuminated by red police siren lights, people march on Broad St. in Newark, N.J. to protest police brutality and the previous day's decision to not indict the New York City police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/The Record of Bergen County - Northjersey.com, Kevin R. Wexler)
