BREAKING: Daniel Pantaleo, NYPD officer at center of Eric Garner’s death case, fired from department, Commissioner O’Neill says.
over the July 17, 2014, confrontation as Garner was being arrested on Staten Island for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes.was suspended as soon as that departmental verdict was reached, in keeping with long-standing practice when there is a recommendation for firing. The 13-year veteran had been on desk duty as his case made its way through legal and administrative circles.The NYPD's No.
Members of "Black Lives Matter" protest on the fifth anniversary of the death of Eric Garner in New York, on July 17, 2019.Patrick J. Lynch, president of the city's Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, warned O'Neill that Pantaleo's termination would be a morale blow to his members.
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