Gwen Carr born 1949 is an American activist public speaker and author Carrs son Eric Garner was killed by a New York Police Department officer who used a prohibited chokehold to arrest Garner Since her sons death Carr has become active in police reform in the United States including as a member of Mothers of the Movement and a voice in the Black Lives Matter movement Description above from the Wikipedia article Gwen Carr licensed under CC BYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia