The NYPD commissioner is expected to announce a decision on the future of the officer accused of fatally choking Eric Garner at 12:30 p.m. ET
Officer Daniel Pantaleo was found guilty in a disciplinary trial earlier this month of using a chokehold on Garner, the New York man whose final words,"I can't breathe," became a rallying cry for the Black Lives Matter movement.The departmental administrative judge officially recommended Pantaleo be fired. O'Neill had been expected to follow the recommendation, a senior law enforcement official said then.
The phrase was widely heard and seen at protests, and NBA stars like LeBron James bore the message on T-shirts in support of the cause.Judge recommended he be firedThe departmental disciplinary trial focused on whether Pantaleo used a department-banned chokehold in the arrest.
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