The family of Eric Garner, the Staten Island man who died while in police custody met with federal officials asking them to investigate.
Garner’s family was joined by Al Sharpton in Downtown Brooklyn to meet with U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch, asking her to call for a federal investigation.
Garner died on July 17 after police put him in a chokehold for allegedly selling loose cigarettes.
Sharpton said following the meeting that Lynch was open to the request and asked the family a lot of questions, but that she did not make any promises.
The case is currently under investigation by Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan.
The meeting comes just two days before a march is set to take place on Staten Island to draw attention to the case.
“Five weeks later, the outrage has not subsided. We expect three to five thousand people minimum there. We’ve not had that large a march on this case, so if it is the thinking of some, that if they wait us out that it would dissipate—they will see that it has grown in terms of the outrage,” Sharpton.
“We’re marching to get justice for my husband and I would like all y’all to come out and march, if you want. But we need a lot of marchers to march and get justice for my husband,” said Eric Garner’s widow, Esaw Garner.
Sharpton emphasized that the marchers are not anti-police, but rather against police who break the law.
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