Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams compared Charles Oakley's arrest and incident at Madison Square Garden to Eric Garner, who who died while being placed under arrest in 2014. Adams held a press conference outside of Madison Square Garden on Sunday.
“Anytime you have a player who gave his heart and soul to the team and the city, to be treated in that fashion sends a chilling impact,” Adams said. “I saw this as Eric Garner without the chokehold.”
The police killing of Garner on Staten Island in 2014 was captured on camera and generated national outrage and debate over police killings of African–Americans.