NYPD union outraged as Officer Daniel Pantaleo is fired in Eric Garner death
NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill's decision to fire the officer who placed Eric Garner in a chokehold moments before his death on a New York City street drew outrage Monday from the police union and a guarded"thank you" from one of Garner's children.
An autopsy found Garner's death was caused in part by the chokehold and the case was ruled a homicide. O'Neill said Pantaleo was correct when he initially used the chokehold, but that when Garner was under control he should have switched to a"less lethal" alternative. Garner's daughter, Emerald, said the decision doesn't mean an end to the case. She said she wants congressional hearings, will continue to push to have a criminal case reopened and wants other officers involved in the arrest held accountable.
"He has chosen politics and his own self-interest over the police officers he claims to lead," Lynch said.
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