Eric Garner’s daughter blasts de Blasio’s talk of ‘progress’ on third anniversary of chokehold death – New York Daily News

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Monday, July 17, 2017, 2:58 PM

Mayor de Blasio used the third anniversary of Eric Garners death Monday to talk about the progress the city has made in police-community relations a notion quickly blasted by the daughter of the unarmed Staten Island man killed during a clash with cops.

His tragic death really focused this city and to some extent this nation on the work we have to do to keep police and community closer together, the reforms we have to make, de Blasio said at a police precinct opening in Queens.

And its three years later and we still have a lot of work to do in New York City and certainly all around our nation, but I can say for sure, progress has been made in this city. The reforms are taking hold, theyre deepening.

De Blasio touched on a reduction in the police departments use of stop-and-frisk, and efforts to retrain officers in de-escalation tactics.

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Police Commissioner James ONeill echoed the mayors sentiments, saying the city was headed in the right direction

As far as police community relations, I think weve come a long way in the last three years, ONeill said.

But to the Garner familys chagrin, the mayor said nothing about holding responsible the officers involved in one of the citys darkest moments.

What progress? tweeted Garners daughter Erica. Training is not progress. It is a BASIC COMPONENT OF THE JOB. You mean people stopped marching about it. No progress!

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Protesters will mark the anniversary Monday with a demonstration at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, just blocks from where the neighborhood fixture died at the hands of a cop accused of using a banned chokehold.

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The 7 p.m. protest will renew calls for charges against the cops involved in Garners death, including Officer Daniel Pantaleo, the officer whose arm is seen around Garners neck in video that went viral after Garners death. A Staten Island grand jury declined to indict Pantaleo in December 2014.

Garners family has pursued federal charges and met with officials last month, but left with no indication that Pantaleo or any officers at the scene will be punished.

The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has advised the family since Garners death, will be a featured speaker at a service in Harlem commemorating the anniversary. Sharpton will participate in a 7 p.m. panel discussion at the First Corinthian Baptist Church on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.

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