“I’m glad they didn’t indict the cop,” a veteran police officer from another borough said shortly after the announcement Dec. 3 that a Staten Island grand jury had opted not to bring criminal charges against Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner for his use of a chokehold in bringing him to the ground. “He made a mistake, but I don’t think he should be indicted or lose his job.”
The cop, speaking on the condition that he not be identified, expressed concern about punishing a colleague for what amounted to a normal police action “in reaction to community complaints” about the selling of loose cigarettes on Bay St. near the St. George Ferry Terminal.
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