A New York police officer was suspended without pay and is under investigation after he was filmed using a chokehold on a suspect over the weekend. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill banning chokeholds throughout the state earlier this month.
Earlier this month, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill that banned chokeholds throughout the state.
New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea speaks at a news conference held at a church, following the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Brooklyn, N.Y., June 3, 2020.Afanador was suspended from the force in 2014 while he was under criminal investigation for allegedly pistol-whipping a teenage suspect during an arrest. He returned to the force two years later after a judge acquitted him and his partner for the charges.
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