Eric Garner’s mom was arrested Tuesday night — along with Al Sharpton’s daughter and several others — during a protest outside Trump Tower.
“In an act of civil disobedience and in the tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Eric Garner’s mom and others were arrested tonight … over President Trump’s SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch,” Sharpton’s longtime spokeswoman, Rachel Noerdlinger, explained in a statement.
It was the reverend’s youngest daughter, Ashley, who was among those taken into custody, in addition to Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr. She is currently the director of the National Action Network’s Youth Huddle group.
Carr — whose son died in July 2014 after being placed in a chokehold by a police officer in Staten Island — has been a vocal critic of Trump in the past, and even helped campaign for Hillary Clinton before the election.
She and several other mothers, who lost sons during police-involved incidents, have spoken publicly against the president during events in NYC.
A photo posted to Twitter by Noerdlinger showed Carr being led away by cops Tuesday night.
Some others who were arrested during the protest outside Trump Tower were Minister Kirsten John Foy, also of NAN; the Rev. Johnnie Green of Mount Neboh Baptist Church in Harlem; Katrina Jefferson, NAN NYC chapter liaison; the Rev. Kevin McCall of NAN; and Patrice Perry, who is a member of NAN as well.
It’s unclear if they were charged.