the nypd officer accused of killing eric garner after putting him in a chokehold is fighting to get his job back. he is preparing to sue the department hours after he was terminated without a pension. steve rapoport has reaction from the police union and garner s family. 5 years after eric garner died after being forcibly restrained by new york city police the cop seen using a chokehold is 5. critics of hammered dan panta o pantaleo. now the police officer s dismissal city recommendation by the ministry of judge in the nypd. carrying out the verdict in this case i take no pleasure. i know many will disagree with this decision and that is their right. garner s death helped fuel
with a crime. the police commissioner announced his dismissal citing a recommendation by administrative judge within the nypd. carrying of the court s verdict, i take no pleasure. i know many will disagree with this decision and that is their right. garner upset helped fuel the black lives matter movement with the phrase i can t breathe become a rallying cry for people pushing back against police brutality. the police union is blasting the decision accusing the commissioner of lacking leadership. absolutely essential the world know that the us police department is rudderless and frozen. eric garner s daughter is relieved. i thank you for doing the right thing. been vowing to keep the case in public spotlight. we will try to reopen the case, we will be going after the rest of the officers involved. justice for new york city means there s no murdering cop on the police force.
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decision in the investigation of officer daniel pantaleo who was shown five years ago choking eric garner on staten island in a video that has been seen around the world. and that became an issue in this year s democratic presidential debate. officer pantaleo used a choke hehold pro hiblted by nypd. he did that for seven seconds 11 different times eric garner said he couldn t breathe. he knew what he was doing. he was killing eric garner and yet he has not been brought to justice. that police officer should be off the streets. he should be fired. he should be fired now. the civil rights division of the united states department of justice said charges should have been filed. but this united states department of justice failed and it s because that president did not want the charges to go forward. and they overrode a decision by the civil rights division of the united states. thank you, senator. in that video of officer
during eric garner s deadly arrest five years ago. an issue that was brought up at the most recent democratic debate. officer pantaleo used a chokehold that was prohibited by nypd. he did that for seven seconds. 11 different times garner said he couldn t breathe. he knew he was killing eric garner and yet he has not been brought to justice. that police officer should be off the street. he should be fired. he should be fired now. civil rights division of the united states department of justice said charges should have been filed but this united states department of justice usurped and it s because that president did not want those charges to go forward. and they overrode a decision by the civil rights division. garner was selling the loose cigarettes when pantaleo placed him in the chokehold and garner