Eric Garner, an unarmed African-American man, was killed in 2014 by New York Police Department officers when he was put him in a deadly chokehold. "I can't breathe," were Garner's last words, which became an integral part of the Black Lives Matter movement. Garner's daughter, Erica, features in a new ad campaign by Bernie Sanders, thus giving him much needed support and impetus from the African-American community.
"I was able to see my dad die on national TV. They don't know what they took from us. He wasn't just someone that no one cared for him, or no one loved him; he was loved dearly," the young Garner is shown saying in the four-minute video titled "It's Not Over," reports The Independent.
"I believe Bernie Sanders is a protester.... He's not scared to go up against the criminal justice system," said Garner of her decision to support Sanders, according to The Wrap.
"When a police officer breaks the law, that officer must be held accountable," Sanders says in the video directed by Paul Hairston and Julian Mulvey of the New York production company Acres, reports Creativity Online.
The Sanders campaign seems to have created rifts within the Garner family, with Garner's mother supporting Hillary Clinton.
"There's no other person that's speaking about this. People are dying. This is not TV. We need a president that's going to talk about it," the young activist says endorsing Sanders, reports The Independent.
Watch the video below:
