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 the medical examiner testified that Pantaleo’s alleged chokehold caused an asthma attack and was “part of the lethal cascade of events.” Still, US Attorney Richard P. Donoghue said there was insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Pantaleo acted “willfully” in violation of the federal criminal civil rights act. Video Ad Feedback Garner's daughter's emotional response to Justice Department decision 01:58 - Source: HLN The decision means that Pantaleo will not face any criminal charges related to Garner’s death, though he does still face departmental charges.Federal investigators have been examining the circumstances of Garner’s death since 2014, after a grand jury in New York declined to indict the Staten Island officer. I can’t breathe.” Departmental charges focus on alleged chokehold Eric Garner's mother Gwen Carr wiped away tears after speaking to reporters outside the US Attorney's office on Tuesday.

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‘I can’t breathe': Eric Garner remembered on the 10th anniversary of his chokehold death
5 months, 3 weeks ago

‘I can’t breathe': Eric Garner remembered on the 10th anniversary of his chokehold death

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Ten years after Eric Garner ’s death at the hands of New York City police officers made “I can’t breathe” a rallying cry, loved ones on Wednesday remembered his life and legacy. Authorities in New York determined that Pantaleo had used a chokehold banned by the New York Police Department in the 1990s, and the city medical …

A look at high-profile killings by US police
2 years, 10 months ago

A look at high-profile killings by US police

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minnesota police Officer Kim Potter was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for manslaughter in the 2021 shooting death of Daunte Wright. Michael Slager, a white South Carolina police officer, shot Scott in the back as the 50-year-old Black man fled a 2015 traffic stop. Justine Ruszczyk Damond, an unarmed white dual citizen of the U.S. …

A look at high-profile killings by US police
2 years, 10 months ago

A look at high-profile killings by US police

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minnesota police Officer Kim Potter faces sentencing Friday for manslaughter in the 2021 shooting death of Daunte Wright. Michael Slager, a white South Carolina police officer, shot Scott in the back as the 50-year-old Black man fled a 2015 traffic stop. Justine Ruszczyk Damond, an unarmed white dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia, was fatally shot …

‘I can’t breathe': Public inquiry into Garner’s death begins
3 years, 2 months ago

‘I can’t breathe': Public inquiry into Garner’s death begins

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A rare judicial inquiry began Monday into the death of Eric Garner, whose dying cry of “I can’t breathe” as he was restrained by New York City police officers became a slogan of the Black Lives Matter movement. The judicial proceeding is taking place under a provision of the city charter that allows citizens to petition the …

Judge: NYC mayor won’t testify in Eric Garner inquiry
3 years, 5 months ago

Judge: NYC mayor won’t testify in Eric Garner inquiry

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio won’t have to testify in a judicial inquiry into the 2014 police chokehold death of Eric Garner, a judge ruled Friday, dashing a long-running quest by Garner’s relatives to have the mayor questioned under oath. Judge Erika Edwards also excused Police Commissioner Dermot Shea, the city’s chief medical examiner and …

Eric Garner remembered on 7th anniversary of his death
3 years, 5 months ago

Eric Garner remembered on 7th anniversary of his death

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Family and community members gathered in New York City on Saturday to remember Eric Garner on the seventh anniversary of his death in a police chokehold. Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, gathered with others in Staten Island just a few hundred feet from where her son lost his life, the Staten Island Advance reported. Garner’s dying gasps of …

NY appeals court backs inquiry of Garner chokehold death
3 years, 5 months ago

NY appeals court backs inquiry of Garner chokehold death

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A New York appeals court ruled Thursday that a judicial inquiry is warranted into the investigation of Eric Garner’s 2014 police chokehold death, denying the city’s push to cancel the proceeding. In a unanimous decision, the appellate division of the state’s trial court found that Garner’s death is the “rare case in which allegations of significant violations …

A look at high-profile cases over killings by US police
3 years, 6 months ago

A look at high-profile cases over killings by US police

Associated Press  

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin faces decades in prison when he is sentenced Friday in George Floyd’s death. A St. Louis County grand jury declined later that year to indict Wilson in the unarmed Black teen’s death, and the U.S. Department of Justice later also declined to charge him. Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke shot 16 …

A look at high-profile killings by police in the U.S.
3 years, 8 months ago

A look at high-profile killings by police in the U.S.

LA Times  

Signs calling for justice for people killed by police are posted on a fence at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis this spring during the trial of former Police Officer Derek Chauvin. A St. Louis County grand jury declined in November 2014 to indict Wilson in the unarmed Black man’s death, and the U.S. Department of Justice later also …

A look at high-profile cases over killings by US police
3 years, 8 months ago

A look at high-profile cases over killings by US police

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin i s …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Bill De Blasio Heckled By Protester During CNN Town Hall Over Eric Garner Case
5 years, 4 months ago

Bill De Blasio Heckled By Protester During CNN Town Hall Over Eric Garner Case

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Garner died in Staten Island in 2014 after NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo put him in a banned chokehold. “I am outraged and disgusted by how the de Blasio administration and the NYPD continue to show that they don’t care about the murder of my son or black lives,” Carr said in a statement. Asked during the CNN …

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, …

Where Garner died, changes in policing win little applause
5 years, 4 months ago

Where Garner died, changes in policing win little applause

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A police cruiser constantly sits a few feet from a small floral memorial to Eric Garner on the Staten Island sidewalk where he spent his dying moments five years ago. O’Neill, who was the department’s chief of patrol at the time of Garner’s death, implemented a neighborhood policing model as commissioner that is designed to give patrol …

Police supervisor to lose vacation days over Garner death
5 years, 4 months ago

Police supervisor to lose vacation days over Garner death

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A police sergeant accused of failing to properly supervise officers involved in the 2014 death of Eric Garner has agreed to give up about four weeks of vacation time to settle her internal disciplinary case, a police official said Wednesday. Kizzy Adonis was the first police supervisor to arrive on the scene as Garner gasped “I can’t …

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 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 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 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 …

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 …

Eric Garner death: NYPD judge recommends firing officer over chokehold death
5 years, 5 months ago

Eric Garner death: NYPD judge recommends firing officer over chokehold death

LA Times  

An administrative judge on Friday recommended firing the New York City police officer accused of using a chokehold in the 2014 death of an unarmed black man whose dying pleas of “I can’t breathe” became a rallying cry against alleged police brutality. “Today’s decision confirms what the Civilian Complaint Review Board always has maintained: Officer Daniel Pantaleo committed misconduct on …

Depth of Field: The Hollow Poetry of the Eric Garner Decision
55 years ago

Depth of Field: The Hollow Poetry of the Eric Garner Decision

Wired  

Is America morally asphyxiating? Over the weekend, President Trump urged four progressive members of Congress—US Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, all of whom are women of color—to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." "I know racism …

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 …

Police officer in ‘I can’t breathe’ death won’t be charged
5 years, 5 months ago

Police officer in ‘I can’t breathe’ death won’t be charged

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — After years of silence, federal prosecutors said Tuesday that they won’t bring criminal charges against a white New York City police officer in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, a black man whose dying words — “I can’t breathe” — became a national rallying cry against police brutality. “This should have been taken care of years …

Timeline of key events in Eric Garner chokehold death
5 years, 5 months ago

Timeline of key events in Eric Garner chokehold death

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that they will not bring civil rights charges against New York City Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner. Aug. 1, 2014: The city medical examiner’s office rules Garner’s death a homicide caused by neck compressions from a chokehold. July 16, 2018: The New York Police Department says …

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 …

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, …

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 …

‘I can’t breathe’: Officer faces CCRB trial in Eric Garner death
5 years, 7 months ago

‘I can’t breathe’: Officer faces CCRB trial in Eric Garner death

Al Jazeera  

Eric Garner, a black man, died nearly five years ago after police placed him a fatal chokehold. The disciplinary trial of the New York City police officer who put Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, in a fatal chokehold began on Monday, nearly five years after widely seen video of the death sparked a national outcry about policing tactics and …

5 years later, officer faces reckoning for chokehold death
5 years, 7 months ago

5 years later, officer faces reckoning for chokehold death

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The deadly confrontation five summers ago flickers in Gwen Carr’s mind, competing for attention with warm, happy memories of her late son Eric Garner’s life. For all the smiles and laugher they shared, there are flashes of Garner being grabbed by a New York City police officer and crying out: “I can’t breathe.” Carr said she has …

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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