Home • News

Daniel Pantaleo, Officer Who Put Eric Garner In A Chokehold, Fired By The NYPD
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 17: People participate in a protest to mark the five year anniversary of the death of Eric Garner during a confrontation with a police officer in the borough of Staten Island on July 17, 2019 in New York City. Yesterday it was announced that federal prosecutors will not charge New York City Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Garner, who repeated the phrase “I can’t breathe” almost a dozen times while being arrested for an alleged misdemeanor. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
By Yesha Callahan ·

On Monday, Daniel Pantaleo, the officer who killed Eric Garner with a chokehold, was fired by the New York Police Department.

According to CNN, Pantaleo will not receive his NYPD pension after NYPD Chief James O’Neill handed down his decision.

“Trials Commissioner Maldonado ruled that officer Pantaleo’s use of a prohibited chokehold was reckless and constituted a gross deviation from the standard of conduct established for a New York City police officer,” O’Neill said.

Article continues after video.

Garner, 43, died after Pantaleo placed him in a banned chokehold. The cellphone video that showed Garner shouting “I can’t breathe” 11 times went viral over 5 years ago. And last month, an administrative judge recommended that Pantaleo be fired after the Justice Department declined to bring federal charges against him.

In an interview with ESSENCE, Garner’s daughter, Emerald Snipes-Garner, spoke about Pantaleo.

“A lot of people don’t know what Pantaleo looks like, because he’s been in hiding. And I would like for people to know that they’re walking and standing with a murderer,” she said. 

TOPICS: