Erica Garner

Campaigner for Black Lives Matter after death of her father

he daughter of key Black Lives Matter figure Eric Garner has died after a heart attack.

“She was a warrior to the end. She stood up for justice for her father,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said in announcing the death of Garner, 27, at a New York hospital.

Her Twitter account, run by her family and friends since she became ill, asked that she be remembered as a mother, daughter, sister and aunt with a heart “bigger than the world”.

In 2014, her father, Eric Garner, who was black, was stopped on Staten Island for selling untaxed cigarettes and died after a white police officer subdued him with a chokehold. A grand jury declined to indict the officer; the city paid a $6 million civil settlement. Garner’s last words, “I can’t breathe,” became a slogan for activists.

Erica Garner became a voice for police accountability after his death. In 2016, she campaigned on behalf of Bernie Sanders for president.

Garner, who gave birth four months ago, learned during pregnancy that she had heart problems. She had a heart attack after an asthma episode.