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Mourning Erica Garner: ‘When Her Father Died, an Activist Was Born’

Erica Garner’s coffin outside the First Corinthian Baptist Church in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Jan. 8, 2018. Garner, who was 27 when she died on Dec. 30, built a reputation as a relentless fighter when she started a campaign against police brutality that gained nationwide attention after the death of her father, Eric Garner, in July 2014. (Demetrius Freeman/The New York Times)