Compelling new Bernie Sanders ad features Eric Garner's daughter

The focus of Bernie Sanders' newest ad isn't on the presidential candidate, but on one of his supporters: Erica Garner.

Her father, Eric Garner, died in Staten Island in July 2014 after some NYPD officers arresting him put him in a chokehold. The takedown was caught on camera, propelling the story to the world stage, and in the ad, Erica Garner talks about her new life as an activist. "No one gets to see their parent's last moments, and I was able to see my dad die on national TV," she said. "They don't know what they took from us. He wasn't just somebody that no one cared for, no one loved him. He was loved dearly."

Garner said she is supporting Sanders because "there's no other person speaking about this. People are dying. This is real, this is not TV. We need a president that's going to talk about it." In her view, Sanders is a "protester" just like she is, and "not scared to go up against the criminal justice system." Watch the ad below. Catherine Garcia

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