# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-garner
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:37:45.999Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-garner"
name: "Eric Garner"
slug: "eric-garner"
description: "On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner, a 43-year-old African American man, was killed in the New York City borough of Staten Island by Daniel Pantaleo, a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer, after putting him in a prohibited chokehold while arresting him. Video footage of the incident generated widespread national attention and raised questions about the use of force by law enforcement."
tagline: "African American killed by New York police officer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TAG_Sharpton_Esaw_Garner.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1970-09-15"
deathDate: "2014-07-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.862856
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Garner"
    title: "Eric Garner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Garner"
    title: "Eric Garner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Garner"
    title: "Eric Garner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Garner"
    title: "Eric Garner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Garner"
    title: "Eric Garner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18603607"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump