Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign just released a powerful, four-minute video featuring the daughter of Eric Garner, the unarmed black man who died after being put in a chokehold by a white police officer in New York in July 2014.
In the ad, Erica Garner remembers the death of her father, saying that "no one gets to see their parent's last moments."
"I was able to see my dad die on national TV. They don't know what they took from us ... He was loved dearly."
Garner says she believes Sanders "is a protester" and isn't "scared to go up against the criminal justice system."
Sanders campaign has a 2-minute Erica Garner vid they will air on national cable. They tried to buy 4 min on CNN, MSNBC, BET -- turned down— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) February 11, 2016
Garner endorsed Sanders's presidential bid last month, calling Sanders "our strongest ally."
The ad comes as Sanders and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton are fighting for the black vote, with both campaigns touting endorsements from prominent African Americans.
On Thursday, Clinton picked up the endorsement of the Congressional Black Caucus PAC. Georgia Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights leader, dismissed Sanders's 1960s work on racial equality, telling reporters Thursday: "I never saw him, I never met him."
The endorsements come ahead of South Carolina's Feb. 27 primary, which has a strong African American voter base.