Ramsey Orta
Framegrabs showing arrest of suspect in Staten Island where police officers used a choke hold that resulted in the suspects death.
Eric Garner died while being arrested by police in Staten Island on Thursday, July 17, 2014. 
It was a decade ago on this date, July 17, at 3:30 p.m. that a group of plainclothes officers approached Eric Garner in front of a beauty supply store on Staten Island. He was accused of selling loose cigarettes without a tax stamp. Though that’s against the law, it’s not the kind of thing that requires sending the cavalry. But the cavalry was there, and a tense confrontation ensued — and escalating matters further, one of the officers placed his arm around Garner’s neck and brought him to the ground, pressing him against the sidewalk.
