Sentences with phrase «chokehold during an arrest»

THE BRONX — Comptroller Scott Stringer reached a $ 5.9 million pre-litigation settlement with the family of Staten Island man Eric Garner, who died last year after police placed him in a chokehold during his arrest.

MANHATTAN — The police officer recorded putting a man in a chokehold during an arrest in an East Harlem subway station just days before Eric Garner's death remains on active duty, a NYPD spokesman said Thursday.

MIDTOWN — Police officers were quick to use banned chokeholds during arrests and discipline was lax and inconsistent for those found to have used the technique, according to the first report by the NYPD's inspector general.

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Eric Garner (r.) seen during the arrest where he was put into a chokehold by Officer Daniel Pantaleo.

Mr. Garner, 43, died after police used what appears to be a chokehold to bring him to the ground during an arrest for selling untaxed cigarettes.

Mr. Garner, 43, of Staten Island, died after police used an apparent chokehold to take him to the ground during an arrest for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes in Staten Island.

Garner died July 17 after an NYPD officer put him in a chokehold during an attempted arrest in Tompkinsville.

A Staten Island man whose death during an arrest for selling loose cigarettes inflamed racial tensions against the NYPD was the victim of a «homicide» by chokehold, the Medical Examiner's...