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![Eric Garner and his wife, Esaw, during a family vacation in 2011 [New York Times]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Individuals/ericGarner.jpg)
On this day in 2014, Eric Garner was murdered by the NYPD, choked to death after police suspected him of selling loose cigarettes. Garner said "I can't breathe" 11 times before dying. The man who filmed his death was poisoned in prison.
Image: Eric Garner and his wife, Esaw, during a family vacation in 2011 [New York Times]
![Aftermath of the Port Chicago Disaster, July 1944, from the U.S. Naval Historical Center [blackpast.org]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/portChicagoMutiny.jpg)
The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion that occurred on this day in 1944 at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, leading black sailors to mutiny to protest dangerous working conditions.
Image: Aftermath of the Port Chicago Disaster, July 1944, from the U.S. Naval Historical Center [blackpast.org]
![More than 20,000 black, Indian, and coloured South Africans gather in Durban on May 28th, 1950 to protest the Group Area and Suppression of Communism bills. [Wikipedia]](https://stahmaxffcqankienulh.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/event-photos/Events/suppressionOfCommunismAct.jpg)
On this day in 1950, the Suppression of Communism Act became law in South Africa, banning the anti-apartheid Communist Party and later playing a key role in the arrests of activists like Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu.
Image: More than 20,000 black, Indian, and coloured South Africans gather in Durban on May 28th, 1950 to protest the Group Area and Suppression of Communism bills. [Wikipedia]