( CNN ) The dissident Russian punk band Pussy Riot has dedicated its first English-language song , `` I Ca n't Breathe , '' to Eric Garner . `` This song is for Eric and for all those from Russia to America and around the globe who suffer from state terror -- killed , choked , perished because of war and state-sponsored violence of all kinds -- for political prisoners and those on the streets fighting for change , '' the band said Wednesday . `` We stand in solidarity . '' Garner , an unarmed black man , died in New York in July after a white police officer put him in a chokehold . A grand jury in December decided not to indict the officer , Daniel Pantaleo . Garner 's last words , `` I ca n't breathe , '' became a rallying cry for protests over police treatment of minorities in the United States and inspired Pussy Riot 's latest song . The band recorded the track in New York in December , amid the protests following the grand jury decision not to indict Pantaleo . They released two different videos for the song Wednesday . One is a compilation of footage filmed at the site of Garner 's death on Staten Island . It shows memorials and demonstrations after the grand jury decision and features members of Garner 's family . `` It was a cold and militarized winter , a time of grief and outrage , '' the band said . The other video shows Pussy Riot 's two highest-profile members , Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova , gradually being buried in a grave . They 're wearing blue Russian riot police uniforms , which the band said was a reference to `` the violent clashes of police and the protesters fighting for change in Russia . '' As clumps of soil drop onto the women 's bodies and faces , the song 's main refrain repeats over and over , `` It 's getting dark in New York City . '' The camera then rises up from the filled-in grave as a voice reads a transcript of the final sentences Garner said to the police officers who approached him . That video also includes a reference to the Ukrainian conflict , showing a pack of `` Russian Spring '' cigarettes in its opening moments . `` 'Russian Spring ' is a term used by those who are in love with Russia 's aggressive militant actions in Ukraine , and the cigarettes are a real thing , '' the band said .
The band says the song is for Garner and all those ` ` who suffered from state terror '' One video has footage from New York protests after grand jury decision . The other video shows two band members being buried in a grave .