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Celebrities React To Chokehold Victim, Eric Garner's, Death On Twitter

Celebrities React To Eric Garner's Death On Twitter
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Ellisha Flagg, left, sister of Eric Garner, cries during a service at the Mount Sinai Center for Community Enrichment for Eric Garner, Saturday, July 19, 2014, in the Staten Island borough of New York. The wife of Garner who died after a police officer used an apparent chokehold to bring him to the ground during an arrest burst into tears Saturday at a Harlem rally in his honor. Garner, who was black, was confronted by police trying to arrest him on suspicion of selling untaxed, loose cigarettes on a Staten Island sidewalk, authorities said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Ellisha Flagg, left, sister of Eric Garner, cries during a service at the Mount Sinai Center for Community Enrichment for Eric Garner, Saturday, July 19, 2014, in the Staten Island borough of New York. The wife of Garner who died after a police officer used an apparent chokehold to bring him to the ground during an arrest burst into tears Saturday at a Harlem rally in his honor. Garner, who was black, was confronted by police trying to arrest him on suspicion of selling untaxed, loose cigarettes on a Staten Island sidewalk, authorities said. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

The death of NYPD chokehold victim Eric Garner has stirred outrage among police brutality opposition.

Here are Twitter reactions of celebrities who have taken to social media in support of justice for the “Gentle Giant” and father of six.

Brother Eric Garner No Longer Breathes Courtesy Of Banned NYPD Chokehold. Rest In Power. http://t.co/dlqAUvede9

— Spike Lee (@SpikeLee) July 21, 2014

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