22 JUL

The NYPD has filed formal departmental charges against the officer who fatally choked Eric Garner in 2014

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  • The NYPD filed departmental charges against officer Daniel Pantaleo, local media outlets reported Saturday.
  • A case against his supervising NYPD sergeant, Sgt Kizzy Adonis, is still pending.
  • The charges come four years after 43-year-old Garner’s July 2014 death, which sparked protests about police treatment of black people.

The New York Police Department reportedly filed formal departmental charges against an officer who placed Staten Island man Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold.

The NYPD charged officer Daniel Pantaleo with violating department regulations, WABC reported Saturday.

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