Officer Who Put Eric Garner in Fatal Choke Hold Would Like His Old Job Back

New York Magazine
Jul. 14, 2015

Friday marks the first anniversary of the death of Eric Garner, the 43-year-old Staten Island man who died during an attempted arrest for selling loose cigarettes. In December a grand jury voted not to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who put Garner in a fatal choke hold, but for all those involved, the case is still far from settled. According to the AP, the Justice Department is still considering whether to bring civil-rights charges against Pantaleo, and federal investigators reinterviewed witnesses in recent weeks. The NYPD's Internal Affairs investigation, which could result in the eight-year veteran losing his job, is on hold pending the results of the federal case.

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