The suspension comes days after the New York City Council passed a measure to impose criminal penalties on officers who use the banned maneuver.
A New York City police officer was suspended without pay Sunday after he was captured on video appearing to put a Black man in a chokehold.
A police spokesperson said earlier that he had been taken into custody, but it wasn't immediately clear what he had been arrested for. Neither the man nor the officer have been identified.Body camera video from the incident, which occurred in the Rockaway section of Queens, shows three men arguing with police before the apparent chokehold is used. One of them can be seen approaching the officers and saying,"You scared?" before one of the officers appears to tackle the man.
That bill was named for Eric Garner, the Staten Island man who was killed July 17, 2014, as he was being arrested for selling loose cigarettes. In a video of Garner's arrest, Officer Daniel Pantaleo can be seen putting Garner in a chokehold while he repeatedly says he can't breathe.
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