NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Statement on Police Commissioner's Decision to Fire Pantaleo
August 19, 2019
August 19, 2019
NEW YORK, Aug. 19 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release:
Today, over five years after NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo killed Eric Garner with an illegal chokehold, Police Commissioner James O'Neill announced that Pantaleo has been fired from the Department.
"For five years Eric Garner's family has waited for some measure of accountability for his death. Today's decision to dismiss Pantaleo is long overdue. Nevertheless, we j . . .
Today, over five years after NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo killed Eric Garner with an illegal chokehold, Police Commissioner James O'Neill announced that Pantaleo has been fired from the Department.
"For five years Eric Garner's family has waited for some measure of accountability for his death. Today's decision to dismiss Pantaleo is long overdue. Nevertheless, we j . . .