One veteran police supervisor, speaking a few hours after Police Commissioner James O’Neill announced on live television that he was firing Daniel Pantaleo, said the suspense regarding his decision ended that morning when the notification to department commands did not include a mobilization of the troops that would have been invoked if the decision had gone the other way.
“If he was gonna keep his job,” he said of Officer Pantaleo, “they would’ve needed to notify thousands of cops to provide security at Headquarters and be prepared for disturbances all over the city.”
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