U.S. won't charge New York police officers in 2014 death of Eric Garner
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON - The New York police officer who put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold during an attempted arrest in 2014, fueling the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, will not face federal criminal charges, the top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn said on Tuesday.
U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue confirmed the decision at a news conference in New York’s Brooklyn borough on Tuesday. After meeting with federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, members of Garner’s family held a news conference with civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton, who decried the decision as “a moral disgrace and judicial malpractice.”
A departmental judge is due to make her recommendations to New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill, who will then ultimately decide whether to punish Pantaleo. He could lose vacation days or be fired.
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