Daniel Pantaleo Fired By The NYPD
Firing of officer who put Eric Garner in chokehold is just first step to justice
Fates of other officers involved in New York man’s death remain largely opaque, and there is little to suggest they will be dismissed
One thousand, eight hundred and sixty days after Eric Garner was killed on the streets of Staten Island, New York, his family finally received a sliver of justice.
On Monday, the New York police department (NYPD) commissioner, James O’Neill, announced the NYPD would fire Daniel Pantaleo, who, on that hot summer’s day in July 2014, placed the unarmed 43-year-old in a banned chokehold that contributed to Garner’s death.
The decision follows years of protest, stalled investigations and secrecy in a case that came to embody the fractured relations between communities of color and police not just in New York City but around the US.
And Pantaleo’s firing, the Garner family insists, should only be the beginning of the process.
SOURCE ⇒ THEGUARDIAN
