PREA applies to all federal, state, and local prisons, jails, police lockups, private facilities, and community settings such as residential facilities.
Eric Garner was not killed by police in New York City because he was black. He was killed by police in New York City for selling individual cigarettes to pedestrians in a city that has declared all-out war on smoking.
The father of five was reportedly selling CDs outside of the Triple S. Food Mart convenience store before he was killed, according to the New York Daily News. Authorities arrived at the scene after receiving a call from an anonymous person who said he was threatened with a gun by a man who was supposedly Sterling.