NYPD cop suspended after video shows "apparent chokehold"
A video showed a group of officers tackling a black man, with one of them putting his arm around his neck
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A video showed a group of officers tackling a black man, with one of them putting his arm around his neck
As the protests for police reform continue in New York City for a third week, the NYPD announced Monday that it is reassigning hundreds of undercover anti-crime officers. CBS New York's Ali Bauman reports.
An NYPD officer has been suspended after he was caught on video using an apparent chokehold. This comes just days after New York's governor signed police reform legislation banning the maneuver.
The New York City Council passed a package of police reforms on Thursday, some of which had lingered for years, only to get fast tracked amid protests against police brutality. One change is a requirement for officers to show badge numbers at all times. CBS New York's Aundrea Cline-Thomas has the details.
In addition to showing badge numbers, cops will be prohibited from "sitting, kneeling or standing on a suspect's chest or back in the course of effecting an arrest."
"Body-worn cameras are only as powerful as the transparency that comes with them," New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
Police were calling it possible hate crime. The police union was outraged. Shake Shack said it was "horrified." But then things changed.
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said Monday that he is looking to disband the units across all precincts for about a year.
"Our budget must reflect the reality that policing needs fundamental reform," it said in a statement.
He is the first NYPD officer to be charged for his conduct during the city's ongoing protests for police reform.
"No one — I say no one — wants to go back to the way things were before," Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio took questions from the press Monday about his plans to cut the police budget and redirect some funding to youth programs. He said he is not ready to announce a dollar amount. Watch his remarks.
"I know what it is to have people call you Uncle Tom and hate you, and not realize it was just a few minutes ago I was marching next to you," Eric Adams said.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams marched with anti-police brutality protesters this week, despite his complicated history with policing and racial issues. Adams, who is black, was beaten by police as a young man and later went on to serve as a New York City officer for over two decades. He spoke to Dana Jacobson about the unrest happening in New York and around the country, and what needs to happen in order to enact real change.
"You will see change in the NYPD," New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday.
"CBS This Morning" spoke with a number of African American civil rights activists, spanning generations, including activist DeRay McKesson, Pastor Calvin Butts of Abyssinian Baptist Church, 19-year-old activist Winter BreeAnne, and former NYPD captain and current Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, for their wide-ranging perspectives on the national civil rights movement following the death of George Floyd.
The 18-year-old Barnard College student was stabbed to death in a New York City park last December.
The second night of New York City's curfew was quieter amid the ongoing protests over George Floyd's death. New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams joined CBSN to discuss what actions elected officials could take to help lessen tensions with police.
A deputy chief described the protests as a "mob mentality" and said, "We don't like people walking in the middle of the street."
New York has been among the cities hardest hit by looting and violence in recent days. Tony Dokoupil spoke with NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan about how his officers are responding.
New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss his view on how officers responded to protests across the city over the weekend. He also weighs in on policing of communities of color and de-escalation tactics used by police departments across the nation.
A law enforcement source said officers did not "ram" the protestors, but that they were "trying to go forward and escape."
"It was déjà vu all over again," Carr said of the video of George Floyd being pinned down by police.
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.
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.