The NYPD moved to tamp down speculation of a coverup after the city's top cop overturned a guilty
verdict against a cop accused of using a banned chokehold, releasing a video of the incident in question.
NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill recently overturned a guilty
verdict against an officer in a department misconduct trial, but the department and the Civilian Complaint Review Board — citing a state law protecting police disciplinary records — wouldn't say what the
cop was accused of.