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The New York City police department on Monday began a long-awaited public examination of the sidewalk confrontation five summers ago that left an unarmed black man dead and his pleas of “I can’t breathe” resonating as a rallying cry against police brutality.
May 13, 2019
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on developments in the Eric Garner case (all times local):12:40 p.m.After five years of investigations and protests, a New York City police officer has been fired for the chokehold death of an unarmed black man.Police commissioner James O’Neill announced Monday that he has fired Officer Daniel Pantaleo based on a recent recommendation of a department disciplinary judge.Pantaleo is the officer who was recorded on video wrestling Eric Garner to the ground in 2014, with his arm wrapped tightly around Garner’s neck.Garner’s dying words of “I can’t breathe” became a flash point in a national debate over race and police use of force.Pantaleo’s lawyer has said the officer used a reasonable amount of force and didn’t mean to hurt Garner.A state grand jury declined to indict Pantaleo.
Aug. 19, 2019
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.
Aug. 2, 2019
Officers were attempting to arrest Garner on charges he sold loose, untaxed cigarettes outside a Staten Island convenience store
July 16, 2019
Federal civil prosecutors have recommended to top Justice Department officials that the police officer involved in the chokehold death of Eric Garner face charges.
April 20, 2018
A New York grand jury Wednesday opted not to indict a white policeman in the killing of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man whose last words — “I can’t breathe” — became a rallying cry for protesters who blamed his death on racial profiling and police abuse.
Dec. 3, 2014
An appellate court ruled Wednesday that most details of the grand jury proceeding that cleared a white policeman in the death of Eric Garner should remain sealed, a setback to activists who say Garner, an unarmed black man, was murdered.
July 29, 2015
A New York judge has refused a call from local activists, the ACLU and the New York Post to release transcripts of the testimony heard by the grand jury that declined to indict a New York City police officer in the death of Eric Garner last year.
March 19, 2015
New York state’s top law enforcement official asked Gov.
Dec. 8, 2014
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Aug. 9, 2014