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NYPD commissioner fires Officer Daniel Pantaleo over Eric Garner's death

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.
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