NEW YORK (AP) – An administrative judge has recommended firing the New York City police officer accused of using a chokehold in the 2014 death of Eric Garner.
The judge’s findings in the disciplinary case of Officer Daniel Pantaleo were provided Friday to his lawyer and the city agency that acted as a prosecutor at his department trial.
The Civilian Complaint Review Board chairman said the judge had recommended that Pantaleo be dismissed.
Pantaleo’s lawyer will have about two weeks to submit a response before Police Commissioner James O’Neill makes a final decision on punishment.
The head of New York City’s largest police union says an administrative judge’s recommendation to fire Officer Daniel Pantaleo over the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner is “pure political insanity.”
Garner’s dying pleas of “I can’t breathe” became a rallying cry against police brutality.
Pantaleo denies using excessive force in arresting Garner.
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