US policeman fired over choking death of black man

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NEW YORK, United States—A US police officer was sacked Monday for putting a black man in a banned chokehold just before he died 5 years ago in a case that fueled nationwide protests.

New York Police Commissioner James O'Neill fired Daniel Pantaleo with immediate effect over the death of 43-year-old Eric Garner during an arrest in July 2014.

O'Neill's decision to dismiss Pantaleo came after NYPD Deputy Commissioner and departmental administrative judge Rosemarie Maldonado recommended earlier this month that he be fired. "Make no mistake about it, this was a tragedy for the Garner family. I fully understand that. Mr Garner was somebody's son, somebody's dad. Everybody in the NYPD understands that," he told reporters.

In a video recorded by a bystander that went viral, Pantaleo can be seen putting his arm tightly around Garner's neck and driving the much larger suspect into the pavement before releasing him.Garner, who resisted arrest but was unarmed, appeared to lose consciousness, and the father-of-6 was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

 

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