A Police Officer from a Queens precinct who authorities said used a chokehold while arresting a man on a Far Rockaway boardwalk June 21 is the first cop to face charges under a state law banning the maneuver.
Officer David Afanador, 39, pleaded not guilty June 25 in Queens Criminal Court to attempted aggravated strangulation and strangulation in the second degree. He faces seven years in prison if convicted.
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