An NYPD officer became the first person charged under a new state law that criminalizes the use of a chokehold by a police officer, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said
A New York Police Department officer on Thursday became the first person charged under a new state law that criminalizes the use of a chokehold by a police officer, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said.
Officer David Afanador was arraigned on charges of attempted aggravated strangulation and strangulation in the second degree for allegedly using a chokehold on a man during an arrest Sunday morning in the Far Rockaway section of Queens, the district attorney’s office said. Cellphone video of the arrest was shared on...
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