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Ex-Cop Will Not Face Chokehold Charges

By RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 9/17/21

A Queens grand jury has declined to indict a recently retired NYPD Officer in connection with his alleged use of a chokehold while he was arresting a man last year. 

Former Police Officer David Afanador, 40, among several cops who wrestled a man to the ground while arresting him on a Far Rockaway boardwalk in June 2020, was the first cop to face charges under a new state law banning the maneuver. 

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