article_snippet: Garner was seen saying 'I can't breathe' after being taken to a ground by a policeman on New York's Staten Island borough .
article_snippet: Officer Daniel Pantaleo and other officers had stopped Mr Garner on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes last July.
article_snippet: Pantaleo responded by wrapping Pantaleo arm around Mr Garner neck in what Pantaleo said was a sanctioned takedown move and not a banned chokehold.
article_snippet: The heavyset Garner, who had asthma, is heard on the tape gasping, 'I can't breathe.'
article_snippet: Mr Garner loses consciousness and died at a hospital.
article_snippet: Above, a memorial to Mr Garner on Staten Island .