Alors j'ai fait des recherches et j'ai essayé de faire un résumé j'espère que ça suffira :

Eric Garner was known to sell cigarettes illegally and on July 27 he was arrested and questioned by two police officers about it, he said he had nothing to do with it and asked them to leave him alone, the two policemen had called for reinforcements but Eric Garner was defending himself and opposing them, so one of the policemen had used a prohibited strangling technique. Eric Garner suffering from overweight and asthma had repeatedly stated that he could not breathe, and moments later he passed out and was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.