San Jose quilt exhibit focuses on firearms, other polarizing issues

By EMILY HUNG | Mosaic

The white police officers’ arms wrap around the black victim, strangling him. Stitched in bold, red letters across the victim’s face, “I can’t breathe” has come to symbolize Eric Garner’s plight July 17, 2014, when he died after an encounter with police in New York City.

This image, stitched onto a quilt by Yosief Teckle, questions the role of a police officer in today’s society.

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