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
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 pantaleo choking eric garner, if that video had not been recorded by a witness watching the arrest, then there would have been no real investigation of
proceedings. members of the public in general and mr. garner s family in particular have grown understandably impatient. the trial began on may 13th, 2019. july 16th, 2019, one day before the five-year statute of limitations expired, the justice department announced it would not file federal charges against officer pantaleo. then on august 2nd, 2019 with officer pantaleo s trial concluded, the trial commissioner ruled that officer pantaleo s use of a prohibited choke hold was reckless and constituted a grove deviation from the standard of conduct established for a new york city police officer. after noting that officer pantaleo admitted that choke holds are pro hiblted by the department, she further concluded with strongly worded and repeated warnings about the potential lethal effects of choke holds found throughout multiple sections of the training materials, it is evident that the department made