Garner's mother to protesters: 'Keep on doing it, but do it in peace'

Source: CNN (KETK)

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Eric Garner's mother Saturday urged the thousands of demonstrators who have taken to streets throughout nation in protest of her son's death to "keep on doing it, but do it in peace."

Gwen Carr, who appeared at a Harlem rally with the family lawyer of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, said a demonstration the other day left her she stuck in traffic on the West Side Highway in Manhattan. A protester recognized her and hugged her and "everybody else followed," she said.

"My heart is overflowing with joy," she said.

Esaw Garner Snipes, Garner's widow, told the crowd that watching thousands of demonstrators from the window of her Staten Island, New York, home brought tears to her eyes. She said she told her son, "Look at all the love your father is getting."

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