Editing Al Sharpton (section)

===Eric Garner===
[[File:TAG Sharpton Esaw Garner.jpg|thumb|250px|upright|Rev. Sharpton and Eric Garner's widow, Esaw Garner (right) in [[Staten Island]], protesting the killing of Eric Garner, July 19, 2014]]
{{Main|Killing of Eric Garner}}
After the July 2014 [[death of Eric Garner]] on [[Staten Island]], New York, by a [[New York City Police Department]] officer, Daniel Pantaleo, Sharpton organized a peaceful protest in Staten Island on the afternoon of July 19, and condemned the police's use of the chokehold on Garner, saying that "there is no justification" for it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-sharpton-events-20140719-story.html |title=Rev. Al Sharpton leads calls for justice in NYPD chokehold death |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=July 19, 2014 |access-date=July 19, 2014 |author=Queally, James}}</ref> Sharpton had also planned to lead a protest on August 23, in which participants would have driven over the [[Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge]], then traveled to the site of the altercation and the office of District Attorney [[Dan Donovan (politician)|Dan Donovan]]<ref>Allen, Jonathan. [https://news.yahoo.com/bridge-protest-over-nyc-mans-arrest-death-proceed-171924935.html Bridge protest over NYC man's arrest death to proceed], ''[[Reuters]]'', August 9, 2014.</ref> This idea was scrapped in favor of Sharpton leading a peaceful march along Bay Street in Staten Island, where Garner died; over 5,000 people marched in the demonstration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/chokehold-death-demonstrators-leave-harlem-bus-staten-island-article-1.1914257|title=Chokehold death demonstrators flood Staten Island in protest|website=[[New York Daily News]]|date=August 23, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-eric-garner-rally-staten-island-20140823-story.html |title=Thousands march through Staten Island to protest Eric Garner's death |author=Los Angeles Times |date=August 23, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/alisonvingiano/thousands-peacefully-march-in-new-york-city-for-eric-garner |title=Thousands Peacefully March In New York City To Protest The Death Of Eric Garner |first=Alison|last=Vingiano |website=[[BuzzFeed]]|date=August 23, 2014 |publisher=Buzzfeed Media Group|location=New York City|access-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/rally-eric-garner |title=In Staten Island, a peaceful march for Eric Garner |work=MSNBC |access-date=February 22, 2015 |archive-date=February 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222225341/http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/rally-eric-garner |url-status=dead }}</ref>