Eric Garner: no charges against white police officer over chokehold death

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NY Appeals Court Upholds NYPD Firing of Daniel Pantaleo For Role In Eric Garner's Death
The court rejected the argument from Pantaleo's attorney that termination was an excessive punishment that was “shocking to one’s sense of fairness," instead finding that the ex-cop acted recklessly and that the firing was appropriate
Published March 25, 2021


A state appeals court on Thursday upheld the New York Police Department’s decision to fire an officer for the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner.

A five-judge panel of the state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division ruled that there was substantial evidence showing that Daniel Pantaleo acted recklessly and that firing him was an appropriate outcome.


Pantaleo went to court seeking to be reinstated after then-police commissioner James O’Neill fired him in August 2019 following a department disciplinary trial. His lawyer argued that termination was an excessive punishment and that was “shocking to one’s sense of fairness.”

The appellate panel rejected that, writing that there was “substantial evidence” to support the conclusion that Pantaleo “recklessly caused injury to Eric Garner by maintaining a prohibited chokehold for 9 to 10 seconds after exigent circumstances were no longer present, thereby disregarding the risk of injury

While lawyers for fired NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo say they will continue to challenge the decision made by Commissioner O’Neill, Eric Garner’s family was happy with today’s news, but want the other officers involved punished as well. .
While lawyers for fired NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo say they will continue to challenge the decision made by Commissioner O’Neill.
 
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