The police officer involved in the chokehold death of Eric Garner was fired on Monday for “recklessness,” the New York Police Department commissioner announced during a press conference.
He’ll just go to another police job for another municipality. Probably not as lucrative as NYPD, but he’ll still be a cop.
Recklessness is the new murder.
“It is unlikely that Mr. Garner thought he was in such poor health that a brief struggle with the police would lead to his death. He should’ve decided against resisting arrest, but a man with a family lost his life.”
https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/24/nyregion/kelly-bans-choke-holds-by-officers.html
#gottagit
NYPD continues to have a known murderer walking among their communities!
Let’s not forget, this whole affair was over Garner selling “loose cigarettes”. The fact this officer ended up killing him over loose cigarettes reveals the poorest of poor judgment, at the very least. There was no need for him to even touch Mr. Garner for this offense. Wouldn’t a summons have sufficed?
The NYPD needs to take a long look at their policies and how far they allow officers to go over such trivial offenses. I don’t know if “broken windows” is still the policy, but, if so, it’s broken.
“The police officer involved in the chokehold death of Eric Garner was fired on Monday for ‘recklessness,’ the New York Police Department commissioner announced during a press conference.”
“Lynching” is such an ugly word…
I turned this announcement off because i was sure he’d wasn’t going to get fired and I couldn’t deal with that shit today.
Glad he got fired
Port Authority job?
They do make some good coin. I believe they pay better than the NYPD:
Rafael Castillo, a Port Authority police officer with 15 years on the job, earned $139,025 in overtime in addition to $90,000 in base pay last year, according to the agency’s payroll records.
Hey, the GW bridge takes in about a million bucks a day. That’s just a small part of the Port Authority.
Apparently, Pantaleo lost his NYPD pension, but got back his contributions. According to CNN.
I’m still trying to figure out why Pantaleo suddenly believed that he’s the second coming of Paul Boesch.
For obvious reasons, Ray Kelly banned the sleeper, but it says a lot that his successor wanted to ‘both sides’ this.
Commissioner O’Neill should be reminded that a lost job is NOT a tragedy. Daniel Pantaleo may recover from his disgrace, that opportunity was not afforded to Eric Garner. Eric Garner’s death was an avoidable tragedy and NO recovery is possible in that case
Aside from the shame the firing places on this officer, this isn’t much of a punishment. And even the shame is temporary - it’ll be forgotten as soon as he’s hired on with some other police department, which will happen posthaste.
I am not sure why you would post that. Certainly there is nothing at all funny about this story.
Which witnesses said he wasn’t doing; they said he was attempting to break up a fight.
It’s funny how the police version and eyewitnesses always seem to predictably diverge so wildly, init?
Wait, they’re blaming the victim, Garner, for his own death? People resist arrest all the time. It may be unwise, for the most part, given that 99.999% of the time you’re going to be arrested anyway, with possibly more charges added, but that shouldn’t cause let alone justify one’s own death or endanger one’s well-being, especially if you’re passively resisting arrest and not trying to attack the arresting officers.
Pantaelo’s being fired is years too late and way inadequate. He should have been brought up on criminal AND civil charges. A bad cop makes good cops look bad and should be dealt with as such. There is no honor in protecting one. None. if Pantaleo’s CO gave him the ok to do this, explicitly or implicitly, they should be brought up on charges as well, internal to the NYPD and within the legal system.
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Ray Kelly banned the chokehold.
another name for the rear naked, is the sleeper hold.
you’re welcome.
Good that he lost his pension, although I doubt he’ll have trouble finding a new job working for some company run by people sympathetic to his “plight”, in private security or investigation, making way more that he did as a cop and with an even nicer pension. They’ll take care of him, no doubt, and he’ll be seen as a hero and martyr. Whatever. Giving him back his contributions, though, seems fair, as no fine was assessed. Didn’t the Garners win a settlement? If so, was any of it against Pantaleo?