The attorney representing NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo said he was surprised by the decision of the Civilian Complaint Review Board to substantiate complaints that his client had used a department-banned chokehold in subduing Eric Garner and restricting his breathing during their fatal encounter 38 months ago.
“I heard the department was in a stand-down mode until the Federal investigation is complete,” the attorney, Stuart London, told THE CHIEF-LEADER last week, referring to the ongoing U.S. Department of Justice probe into whether Mr. Pantaleo had violated Mr. Garner’s civil rights when he wrestled the petty criminal to the ground in July 2014.
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