Broadway stars, directors, producers, musicians, choreographers, designers and technicians from some of the most prominent productions gathered in front of the police station in Times Square on Tuesday. They wanted to send a message about police violence and the killing of Eric Garner.
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The event was organized by actor Victor Dixon and his friend Warren Adams. The video, with spoken words by actor Daniel J. Watts, is titled I Can't Breathe.
The company, in partnership with MSNBC's thegrio, shot a flashmob video featuring Daniel J. Watts (Motown, After Midnight, Ghost, Memphis) performing a spoken-word piece in front of a group of over 100 Broadway performers humming a melody.
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Eric Garner died after he was placed in an illegal chokehold by officers of the NYPD.
On July 17th, 2014, Eric Garner[1], a New York City father of six children[8] and a 400 pound asthmatic man, was put into a choke-hold after apparently breaking up a fight outside a local storefront in Staten Island. Five New York Police Department officers surrounded the father and then forced him onto the ground, while the man continually shouted “I can’t breathe.”[2] Eric Garner died shortly thereafter.
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