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Eric Garner — a Black Staten Island husband and father — was violently choked to death by New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers last month and the entire brutal altercation was caught on tape. Over the last few months, there have been several high profile incidents involving NYPD officers using illegal chokeholds and excessive force. But despite the prohibition against chokeholds, the police union have slammed the official autopsy report of Garner’s death calling it “political,” and accused Mayor Bill de Blasio, the press, and civil rights groups of distorting the facts. The police union wants to blame everyone including Garner who is the victim of abusive policing to distract from the real facts and issues. Which are: #BrokenWindows and discriminatory policing has real and deadly consequences and chokeholds have been illegal in NYC for 20 years. While you may have heard about the tragic police killing of Eric Garner, here are four other brutal encounters with police that you should know about.