More than five years after the death of Eric Garner was captured on cell phone video, the officer responsible for causing his death was terminated from New York City's Police Department.
Months after a disciplinary trial in May and June this year, Deputy Commissioner of Trials Judge Rosemarie Maldonado recommended to Police Commissioner James O'Neill that Pantaleo be removed from the force. Judge Maldonado ruled that Daniel Pantaleo used the prohibited chokehold that caused Eric Garner's death and Daniel Pantaleo must be terminated," said Fred Davie, chairman of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, at their monthly meeting on Aug. 14.Garner's mother, Gwen Carr, said that the judge's recommendation brought"some relief" after a Staten Island grand jury and the U.S. Department of Justice declined to bring criminal charges against Pantaleo.
Chants of"Fire Pantaleo" interrupted Mayor Bill de Blasio during a Democratic presidential debate in Detroit in July.
Unintended. He was strangled to death by a trained police officer in the presence of other trained police officers, all the while telling them he couldn’t breathe. There’s just nothing unintended about it. Except for the video. They didn’t intend it to be recorded. It was murder.
'I believe that applying pressure to arms, wrists or legs should be the way to handcuff someone.' 'Applying hundreds of pounds of pressure on a person's neck, chest and back may trigger every ounce of strength to stay alive, if you feel like you're being murdered.'
Cop murders a person asking for help. Ya not a good look. Probably don't call the cops is the message.
GO AHEAD AND GIVE THESE CRIMINALS A BIG SETTLEMENT OF MILLIONS AS SEEMS TO BE THE TREND..THIS OFFICER DID NOT MEAN TO KILL ERIC...BUT A CRIME WAS BEING COMMITTED
Good. Rogue cops must go. His aaa should’ve been in prison. I hope he doesn’t join Nassau county.
CONTINUED BLESSINGS FOR THE PEOPLE
Just remember if Eric had not resisted arrest he would be alive today. Like some people, he believed he was above the law & if he resisted would get out of his arrest. I blame him & people like him. I have no pity for him. Enjoy the money he got for you by his lawlessness. No gem
If Eric wouldn’t have been fighting with police he would still be alive.
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KeepBending “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” MLK90
Its unfortunate that her son lost his life. But he was a criminal who resisted and failed to comply with lawful orders by police.
She is so right !! He lost his job really who cares!! She lost her child that is one thing a parent never wants to do is have their child die!!! There is nothing that can ever worse than that !!!! Love
7NY One less scavenger on the block
Why in hell has it taken so long?
The commissioner and the mayor are a disgrace to NY and the great men and women of the NYPD. I hope the Officer goes to a city nearby, & joins a dept that has his back.💙💙💙
When can we attend you seminar on resisting arrest?
perioooodt
7NY
The cops was takeing out the trash
Dare anyone to read this,
It's over.
Sharpton has made more money off of the death than the family has.
Will this former officer lose his pension as well?
So he used the move your department taught him to use and he gets fired?
Why did you teach people to take responsibility for their actions? Respect the law? Not when you nor your wife obey the law!
How about bringing charges against the cop for murder. It's literally on film!!!
Grifters grift.
5 years late. But, at least this murderer is off the NYPD!
Wonder if he feels any remorse about adding that thin blue line to the picture?
No Mayor BilldeBlasio, justice was not done by Pantaleo being fired. If there were any justice he would be in jail for murder.
BS...if it happens again it will take another five years.
7NY shutitdown
7NY You can thank this idiot BilldeBlasio for putting the criminals in charge of NYC streets now they fired a police officer doing his job with a criminal who resisted arrest if he walked like a human being with them he be alive today but To medical reasons he died not by police!
¿Peace?
'Big Bird', go fly away...
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God is good vengeance is mine. Glad he’s fired. icantbreathe
As much as I want to be on their side I just can't. This was just wrong on the officers side.
Wait, US police officers kill on average 3 citizens each and every day.
Thay didnt learn from it. They haven't done anything about it. They are corrupt a holes.
Bless his heart, he’s so dumb.
What was it that NWA so eloquently said about the police?
Does this guy remind anyone else of Henry Winkler?
we the ppl cannot allow assault/abuse against police at anytime, or we will have chaos. our leaders, mayors, governors, elected officials must support our cops, not abandon them. what is happening in cities run by dems r outrageous: crimes, filth, misery.
Translation: NYPD will start phoning it in because they can no longer murder people with impunity. When our 911 response times go up, remember that it's because we're actually 36k whiny and heavily armed children accustomed to getting our way, not taxpayer funded civil servants
I hope the thin blue line is finally cracking and these bad cops are removed from their positions of power.
What a jerk.
Here comes the races NYPD they need to shut the hell up and be lucky that idiot is not behind bars
Are you people ever wrong about anything? Anything? So cops are infallible?
Illegalchoked hold...period
7NY Family got a check that's all they really wanted
How dare the public think they control the police Dept!
Sorry my guy, but a cop took a dude to the ground and strangled him for selling loosies... FOR SELLING LOOSIES!!!
Keep in mind that this man was killed over CI-GA-RETTES, not weapons, not illegal drugs, CIGARETTES!! Whatever happened to giving a citation to appear in court, to pay a fine At least this officer still has freedom and his life...!!! GET A GRIP!!!
Sick of cops covering for bad cops.i don’t trust any of them.
So basically dude is ok with murdering an unarmed man because the police are above the law? So now everyone else is to blame and not showing leadership.....except the very officer who literally choked an unarmed man to his death And this dude is saying that out loud?
Oh!!! them boys in blue is coming for u DeBlasioMayor
How about we take our energy and make sure we don't have more death's like this. It looks bad for those wear the uniform and do their job on the daily. Let's try to learn and grow from this ugly situation. Rebuild the communities respect and help us trust in the boys in blue.
Dude it’s in video. He choked the guy to death. Come on now!!! Smdh!!!!!
Fat cat white men arguing that its okay to choke an unarmed blackman to death for selling a 1$ cigarette, I really laugh at the NY police and its representation, do they not know how stupid they look and sound? No more unarmed people being killed by police?realDonaldTrump
What about the guy who died?
NYPD encroaching on Los Santos PD quality
Someone choke this dude out
Is this Nazi trying to save a murderer? It must not be allowed.
Whitest bunch of angry officers I've seen...🙄
I also vote a “no confidence” for every other Democrat as well.
Every cop in NYC should walk off the job! When the Nazi liberal DeBlasio and the NYCP Commissioner are both anti-cop and will not protect them against the criminal thugs in their city, they should be REMOVED!
Awwwww they can't murder black folks without having to explain themselves. Poor Jim Crow and them.
So murder is ok .... An Illegal choke hold is ok .... GTFOH ..... Look I support our men and women in blue, but maybe they need some rule changes
He used an illegal chock hold and lied about it!
Cops protecting cops. Oldest story in the book
Meatheads.
Treat people like you want to be treated!!
I find it so odd that in every single career, if you make a mistake you’re held accountable......except this one, they fight accountability so hard. I wonder why 🤔🤔
There’s no crying in Resisting Arrest.
Eric Garner did indeed resist arrest, that cannot be disputed. However, given the fact that he was in such 'poor health', unarmed & totally outnumbered....one would wonder how a less lethal show of force not be an option.
Morbid obesity and resisting arrest is inherently dangerous m.
Profiling. When it takes 4 officers to force down a man with one choking him something wrong. Never would have happened to a white guy. I am white female and 76
Great news ❤️
Look who is in the background, crazy Al. They don't want him in Baltimore so he goes back to new York lol
When the narrative is shifting away from democrats then it’s time to bring up race divisions
I can’t take this serious with that race baiter on the right in the background.
Yep, better late than never but never late is better.
Sorry but when you are breaking the law and being arrested, you don’t resist. You’ll have your day in Court. EricGarner
Garner was a criminal that got himself killed!
You received a multi-million dollar settlement and the police officer was fired. Your 15 minutes of fame is over. Move on.
DavePOfficial Took 5 yrs for his ass get fired
Why Al Sharpton got to be in the pic!!! SMDH
5 years later he get fired. And probably get a better job with another agency. Ya'll off the chain
Sympathies for the family but lose the race hustler to your left.
The officer used a choke hold that is not supposed to be used. The man tried to tell them several times he couldn’t breathe....the officer continued to choke him. The officer is responsible for his death. The NYPD made the correct decision.
The officer was found not guilty of murder and 5 yrs later fired🤔🤔sounds like we’ll be reading that the ex officer sued the nypd
This is a disgusting political pandering move by nyc pd officials! 😡
How about letting the guy who filmed the murder OUT OF JAIL
7NY How many think that the officer will be rehired or hired in a different department in 6 months.
He should be in prison
Accountability... but it takes 5 years (wtf)
Maybe...if 'happy trigger' cops did jail time, they'd treat Black ppl like they treat White ppl!?
Choose justice over brotherhood. Stand tall by making the best decisions most of the time.
This shouldn't have taken this long! He should've been indicted and thrown in prison.
WTF took so long?
Pretty coward by NYPD commissioner, all political, he just open up civil lawsuit!
Maybe not the best line to include when dealing with an NYPD officer being fired for murdering a person but ok
KeepBending “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” MLK90
What about the next time a black person is shot while he's walking down the street? Should he feel safe too
Glad the officer was fired
he shouldn't just be fired, he should be in jail for murder.
Finally the got o e thing right.
Nope. He chose justice for Eric Garner, who was murdered by a police officer.
Sounds like a lot of bad apples will quit.
Garner was responsible for Garner's death....no one else.
You did not investigate Relied on your staff and Rosemarie Sounds like the “Comey Hilary investigation”!
Fire? He should face jail time for what happened with Eric Garner
Are taxpayers on the hook for his benefits & pension? If yes, there is no reconciliation.
Justice finally served but took way too long 🤦🏽♂️
should be locked in a supermax with the rest of the Aryans ....
'Probably' be mad. Why probably? If you're a human being and watched the same horrific footage, there's no doubt that it was a brutal murder.
It took too long to fire him. I’m glad it’s been done but he should be charged. Whether the NYPD recognizes this as murder or not, protocol was directly ignored and and that is a punishable offense in itself.
I'm baffled as to why Bill de Blasio would hire James O'Neill? Listening to his press conference, he seemed more pained for the dismissal of Officer Pantaleo than trying to correct the toxic culture within NYPD. Doesn't surprise me.
Well at least he admits the NYPD needs to be cleansed top to bottom under either Albany or DC oversight
You take man's life by choking him to death, and the only action taken against you, is taking away your job. If the cop was wrong enough for his job to be taken away for muder, he was wrong enough for his freedom to be taken away too.
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is that with pay?
About time! 5 long years for something that should have happened at least 4 years ago.
Good
Just fired? 🤔
Good
Should be in jail.
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