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Eric Garner's family have released an emotional tribute song entitled "This Ends Today" dedicated to the 43-year-old Staten Island man who was choked to death on video by a police officer last year.
The melancholy track is performed by Garner's daughter, Erica and family member Steven Flagg and includes a sample of Garner saying "I can't breathe", a line that has become an unofficial slogan for protests across America.
Hear the track below.
The song deals with the effects that Garner's death has had on his family and includes the lyrics: ""Just to let y'all know/If you don't know, you will/It's sad how my brother Eric Garner was killed/The pain in my heart still refuses to heal/Life should be protected if justice is real/Do you know how we feel?/All he had to do is let his lungs be filled."
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Nicki Minaj spoke out on being one of the millions shocked by Garner's unpunished killing. She said: "It's sickening, and I've been reading so many people saying, 'Why are we surprised?'" she said. "That's what's really sad: that we should somehow be used to being treated like animals. It's gotten to the point where people feel like there's no accountability: If you are law enforcement and you do something to a black person, you can get away with it."
