Monday, January 12, 2015

NYPD Still using Banned Choke Holds: New Report by the Inspector General

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/12/1357193/-New-York-Inspector-General-issues-alarming-report-on-NYPD-s-continued-use-of-banned-chokeholds?detail=facebook

The New York Inspector General, which functions separate and apart from the NYPD itself, issued its long expected report (seen in full below) on how officers continue to choke citizens during arrests in spite of the move being banned from the force in 1993.
The scathing 45 page report details the circumstances surrounding ten proven cases in which NYPD officers absolutely applied a chokehold during an arrest. All ten cases happened prior to the choking death of Eric Garner at the hands of NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo, but each had a shockingly similar outcome for the officers in which little to no discipline is meted out regardless of the circumstances.

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