NYPD cop fired in Eric Garner's death sues seeking job back
Daniel Pantaleo was canned in August for applying chokehold in 2014 that resulted in death of Garner; it also helped spark Black Lives Matter movement
Daniel Pantaleo was canned in August for applying chokehold in 2014 that resulted in death of Garner; it also helped spark Black Lives Matter movement
The trend points to a possible slowdown amid a heated response to the firing from the officers' union
The petition accuses Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill and other city officials of neglect of duty
"I have to make decisions that are good for the whole city," James O'Neill said. "Not just for the police department"
In an exclusive interview with “CBS This Morning,” New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neill discusses his "difficult" decision to fire the officer who put Eric Garner in a deadly chokehold five years ago. Daniel Pantaleo brought Garner to the ground after officers said he resisted arrest for selling loose cigarettes. The Staten Island district attorney and the Department of Justice decided to not charge Pantaleo with a crime. The police union criticized O’Neill’s decision to fire him, saying the commissioner, "has chosen politics and his own self-interest over the police officers he claims to lead."
New York City's police commissioner fired the officer involved in the 2014 death of an unarmed black man
NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill fired Daniel Pantaleo on Monday. The police officer used a banned chokehold on Eric Garner in 2014. CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett and attorney Vinoo Varghese join CBSN to address Pantaleo's termination.
New York City's police commissioner has fired a police officer involved in the 2014 death of an unarmed black man. Police Commissioner James O'Neill had been deliberating whether to accept a disciplinary judge's recommendation that Officer Daniel Pantaleo be fired for using a banned chokehold on Eric Garner. Attorney Vinoo Varghese joined CBSN to discuss the decision.
An administrative judge has recommended that NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo be fired over the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner. Pantaleo was suspended shortly after the announcement. Jeff Pegues joined CBSN with the latest.
The 2014 death of Eric Garner put a national spotlight on the treatment of black men by white officers.The officer at the center of the confrontation was never charged. But now he's been suspended. Jeff Pegues reports.
An administrative judge has recommended firing the New York City police officer accused of using a chokehold in the 2014 death of Eric Garner. The judge's findings in the disciplinary case of Officer Daniel Pantaleo were provided Friday to his lawyer and the city agency that acted as a prosecutor at his department trial.
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Garner's cries of "I can't breathe" during the deadly 2014 encounter became a rallying cry against police brutality
A departmental trial has begun for New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was involved in the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, in 2014. Pantaleo is not facing criminal charges but could lose his job. CBSN New York reports.
Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner -- an unarmed black man killed during an encounter with police in New York City in 2014 -- spoke Monday as the NYPD disciplinary trial began for the officer accused in her son's death. Officer Daniel Pantaleo, accused of using a banned chokehold, faces possible termination.
Garner was the unarmed black man whose pleas of "I can't breathe" became a rallying cry against police brutality
Gwen Carr said she wants the police department to fire Daniel Pantaleo and others who were involved in her son's arrest
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