After a slow start to his campaign, Mr. Vance built momentum in the final month, garnering endorsements from the city's three major newspapers and some big unions, including the United Federation of Teachers.
BROOKLYN IN NEC FINAL C. J. Garner scored 23 points, Jamal Olasewere had a double-double and four other players scored in double figures to lead Long Island Brooklyn over host Wagner, 94-82, in the Northeast Conference semifinals.
The victory also kept alive their slim hopes of qualifying for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London, heading into next week's Paris Masters, which is the final chance to garner points.. .
The chant is a reference to Garner's final words before he died.
"I can't breathe," yelled 21-year old Devante Tate of East New York, in reference to Garner's final words.
Protesters chanted and waved placards saying "no justice, no peace" and "we can't breathe", in reference to Garner's final words.
Protesters inside Westfield chanted and waved placards saying "no justice, no peace" and "we can't breathe", in reference to Garner's final words.
Trigger warning: the spoken word at the end of Pussy Riot's video replays Garner's final words, and is fairly upsetting.
In a show of solidarity with the protesters, James warmed up in a T-shirt that read "I Can't Breathe", Garner's final words before he died.
Justice Douglass wrote: "Dana Garner, the final witness at the hearing, admitted that he had completely fabricated testimony for two murder trials, identifying men as murderers even though he had not witnessed the crimes.
