New York brings internal charges against officer in Garner chokehold death
People protest against the Staten Island death of Eric Garner during an arrest in July, at midtown Manhattan in New York, U.S., December 3, 2014. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/File Photo/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City began disciplinary proceedings on Thursday against the police officer who in 2014 applied a fatal chokehold to Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, the Civilian Complaint Review Board said. Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who has been on desk duty for the four years since his encounter with Garner on a Staten Island sidewalk, could face ...
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