A review of newly obtained disciplinary records of the former police officer who held Eric Garner in a chokehold before he died shows the officer had seven misconduct cases investigated against him in the five years before Garner's 2014 death
A review of newly obtained disciplinary records of the former police officer who held Eric Garner in a chokehold before he died shows the officer had seven misconduct cases investigated against him in the five years before Garner's 2014 death.
The release of the records comes on the heels of the New York State legislature repealing a law known as 50-a, which shielded police disciplinary records from being viewed by the public for years. "I'm so glad for the transparency," Garner's mother, Gwen Carr, told CNN Tuesday."I just think going forward we shouldn't have to fight and wait five years to get the disciplinary records of the police officers who recklessly kill.
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