NYPD officer fired in chokehold death sues to get job back
5 years, 2 months ago

NYPD officer fired in chokehold death sues to get job back

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The officer who was fired in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner is suing the New York Police Department and the police commissioner to be reinstated. Daniel Pantaleo’s lawyer, Stuart London, told the New York Post the lawsuit was filed on Wednesday and argued that his termination following an administrative trial was “arbitrary and capricious.” Police Commissioner James O’Neill fired Pantaleo, who is white, in August for using a banned chokehold on Garner, saying he had broken department rules and could “no longer effectively serve as a New York City police officer.” Video of the confrontation between Garner, a black man, and the officers trying to arrest him for selling untaxed cigarettes drew outrage and was viewed millions of times online. “Pantaleo’s decision to seek his reinstatement is not only disrespectful to the Police Commissioner and NYPD, but also the Garner family,” Sharpton said in a statement. “He has shown no contrition or acknowledgment of his violent actions that ultimately killed Eric Garner.” After Garner’s death, the police department required all 36,000 officers to undergo three days of training, including classes focused on de-escalation.

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Court upholds firing of NYPD officer in Eric Garner’s death
3 years, 9 months ago

Court upholds firing of NYPD officer in Eric Garner’s death

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A state appeals court on Thursday upheld the New York Police Department’s decision to fire an officer for the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner. A five-judge panel of the state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division ruled that there was substantial evidence showing that Daniel Pantaleo acted recklessly and that firing him was an appropriate outcome. His lawyer …

Eric Garner: Disciplinary record of ex-officer who used chokehold is finally released
4 years, 6 months ago

Eric Garner: Disciplinary record of ex-officer who used chokehold is finally released

CNN  

CNN — A review of newly obtained disciplinary records of the former police officer who held Eric Garner in a chokehold before he died shows the officer had seven misconduct cases investigated against him in the five years before Garner’s 2014 death. “I just think going forward we shouldn’t have to fight and wait five years to get the disciplinary …

Garner’s family seeks mayor’s testimony on chokehold death
5 years, 4 months ago

Garner’s family seeks mayor’s testimony on chokehold death

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Eric Garner’s relatives asked a court Tuesday to force New York City’s mayor and police commissioner to answer questions under oath as the family seeks to pull back the curtain on the investigation into his 2014 chokehold death. Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, and sister, Ellisha Flagg Garner, allege that Mayor Bill de Blasio, Police Commissioner James O’Neill …

NYPD Supervisor Involved In Eric Garner’s Deadly Arrest Keeps Job, Loses Vacation Days
5 years, 4 months ago

NYPD Supervisor Involved In Eric Garner’s Deadly Arrest Keeps Job, Loses Vacation Days

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A sergeant with the New York Police Department accused of failing to adequately supervise the officer who put Eric Garner in a chokehold before his death has made a deal with the department to lose 20 of her vacation days but keep her job. Gwen Carr’s full statement: https://t.co/6PqCIMmpWD pic.twitter.com/Fxo4Uwb46W — CPR Change the NYPD August 21, …

The Latest: Mayor says justice served in firing of officer
5 years, 4 months ago

The Latest: Mayor says justice served in firing of officer

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The Latest on developments in the Eric Garner case : 2:50 p.m. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says the police commissioner’s firing of the officer whose chokehold contributed to the death of an unarmed black man means that “justice was served.” De Blasio said Monday he hopes Commissioner James O’Neill’s decision to fire Officer Daniel …

NYPD fires police officer Daniel Pantaleo five years after Eric Garner's chokehold death
5 years, 4 months ago

NYPD fires police officer Daniel Pantaleo five years after Eric Garner's chokehold death

ABC  

After five years of investigations and protests, the New York City Police Department has fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, the unarmed man whose dying gasps of "I can't breathe" gave rise to a national debate over race and police use of force. Key points: Mobile phone video captured Mr Pantaleo using a banned …

NYPD fires officer 5 years after Garner’s chokehold death
5 years, 4 months ago

NYPD fires officer 5 years after Garner’s chokehold death

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — After five years of investigations and protests, the New York City Police Department on Monday fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, the black man whose dying gasps of “I can’t breathe” gave voice to a national debate over race and police use of force. But it was clear Pantaleo had broken …

NYPD Fires Daniel Pantaleo, Who Used Banned Chokehold On Eric Garner Before His Death
5 years, 4 months ago

NYPD Fires Daniel Pantaleo, Who Used Banned Chokehold On Eric Garner Before His Death

NPR  

NYPD Fires Daniel Pantaleo, Who Used Banned Chokehold On Eric Garner Before His Death Enlarge this image toggle caption Bebeto Matthews/AP Bebeto Matthews/AP Updated at 3:32 p.m. ET New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill announced Monday that the police department is terminating the officer involved in the fatal 2014 altercation with Eric Garner, ending a five-year battle over the …

NYPD fires Daniel Pantaleo over Eric Garner chokehold death
5 years, 4 months ago

NYPD fires Daniel Pantaleo over Eric Garner chokehold death

Al Jazeera  

Garner’s dying words, ‘I can’t breathe’, became a flash point in the US debate over race and police use of force. The New York City Police Department has fired the white police officer who used a fatal chokehold in the 2014 death of Eric Garner, a black man. Chokehold Garner’s death came at a time of a growing public outcry …

NYPD union president slams judge's recommendation to fire Daniel Pantaleo over Eric Garner's death
5 years, 5 months ago

NYPD union president slams judge's recommendation to fire Daniel Pantaleo over Eric Garner's death

Daily Mail  

The president of New York’s biggest police union has slammed a judge’s recommendation to fire Officer Daniel Pantaleo over the death of Eric Gardner who lost consciousness and later died shortly after being placed in a chokehold in 2014. Police Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch urged the department’s commissioner to ignore administrative judge Rosemary Maldonado’s guidance Eric Garner died after …

NYPD judge recommends firing officer in Eric Garner death
5 years, 5 months ago

NYPD judge recommends firing officer in Eric Garner death

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — In a reckoning five years in the making, an administrative judge on Friday recommended firing a New York City police officer over the 2014 chokehold death of an unarmed black man whose dying cries of “I can’t breathe” fueled a national debate over policing, race and the use of force. The city’s police commissioner will make a …

US judge recommends sacking officer over death of Eric Garner
5 years, 5 months ago

US judge recommends sacking officer over death of Eric Garner

Al Jazeera  

White officer Daniel Pantaleo was suspended without pay for 30 days over death of unarmed black man, Garner, in 2014. A white New York Police Department officer who put an unarmed black man in a fatal chokehold five years ago should be fired, a police judge recommended, in a case that stoked the Black Lives Matter movement and reverberated in …

The Latest: Officer’s lawyer: He’ll fight to keep his job
5 years, 5 months ago

The Latest: Officer’s lawyer: He’ll fight to keep his job

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The Latest on an administrative judge’s recommendation in the Eric Garner case : 2:45 p.m. A lawyer for the officer accused of using a chokehold in the death of Eric Garner says his client is disappointed an administrative judge recommended his firing. An administrative judge on Friday recommended firing the New York City police officer accused of …

NYPD Judge Recommends That The Officer Involved In Eric Garner's Death Be Fired
5 years, 5 months ago

NYPD Judge Recommends That The Officer Involved In Eric Garner's Death Be Fired

NPR  

NYPD Judge Recommends That The Officer Involved In Eric Garner's Death Be Fired Enlarge this image toggle caption Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP Updated at 2 p.m. ET An administrative judge with the New York Police Department has recommended that Officer Daniel Pantaleo be fired for his role in the 2014 death of Eric Garner. Separate decisions by the …

The Latest: Officer in chokehold death case is ‘gratified’
5 years, 5 months ago

The Latest: Officer in chokehold death case is ‘gratified’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The Latest on the decision not to bring civil rights charges in the death of Eric Garner : 2:15 p.m. A lawyer says New York Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo is “gratified” that the Justice Department carefully reviewed his case rather than what he calls the “lies and inaccuracies” surrounding it. The head of New York City’s largest …

Eric Garner: Prosecutors say they could not prove NYPD officer acted willfully in his death
5 years, 5 months ago

Eric Garner: Prosecutors say they could not prove NYPD officer acted willfully in his death

CNN  

CNN — The Justice Department is not bringing federal charges against a New York Police Department officer accused of fatally choking Eric Garner, the New York man whose last words, “I can’t breathe,” became a rallying cry in the Black Lives Matter movement. The city medical examiner’s office ruled the death a homicide in the days after his death, and …

NYPD Officer Will Not Face Federal Criminal Charges In Eric Garner's Death
5 years, 5 months ago

NYPD Officer Will Not Face Federal Criminal Charges In Eric Garner's Death

NPR  

NYPD Officer Will Not Face Federal Criminal Charges In Eric Garner's Death Enlarge this image toggle caption Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Updated at 1:45 p.m. ET The Department of Justice will not bring criminal charges against the New York City police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner, citing insufficient evidence, …

No federal charges for white officer in Garner chokehold death
5 years, 5 months ago

No federal charges for white officer in Garner chokehold death

Al Jazeera  

Reacting to the decision, the family of Eric Garner, a black man, says ‘we can’t breathe because they let us down’. “Five years ago, my son said ‘I can’t breathe’ 11 times, and today we can’t breathe because they let us down.” A New York grand jury in 2014 declined to charge Pantaleo, who has been assigned to desk duty …

With his career on the line, NYPD police officer accused of fatally choking Eric Garner declines to testify
5 years, 7 months ago

With his career on the line, NYPD police officer accused of fatally choking Eric Garner declines to testify

CNN  

New York CNN — Attorneys delivered final arguments Thursday in the disciplinary trial for New York police Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who did not to take the stand to explain his role in an arrest that allegedly led to Eric Garner’s 2014 death. Video shows Pantaleo wrapping one arm around Garner’s neck and another under his arm as officers take him …

NYPD training official: Garner officer used banned chokehold
5 years, 7 months ago

NYPD training official: Garner officer used banned chokehold

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The New York Police Department official in charge of training recruits said Tuesday that the restraint technique an officer used on Eric Garner five years ago, leading to his death, “meets the definition” of a chokehold, a practice banned since the 1990s because of its potential for lethality. Cell phone video of the July 2014 confrontation shows …

Judge: Trial of white officer in chokehold death can proceed
5 years, 8 months ago

Judge: Trial of white officer in chokehold death can proceed

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A judge cleared the way Thursday for a disciplinary trial to begin next week for the white New York City police officer accused in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man whose pleas of “I can’t breathe” became a rallying cry against police brutality. “The Garner family, the police officer and the public …

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