Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/08/19/nypd-commissioner-will-fire-da.html
Daniel Pantaleo used fatal chokehold during the 2014 arrest of Eric Garner
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Well, finally.
Still… the JD won’t file charges, and the chances are good this guy will just end up employed with some other police department.
I really hate this timeline.
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At least Fox has it’s replacement for Tucker Carlson all lined up just in case.
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That it takes 5 years, and a judge stepping in after he’s been “cleared?!?” to dislodge someone from their job - a job that gives them a license to kill, weapons, and the backing of the state - is fucking dark. With that amount of power, “Police Officer” should be the easiest job in the world to lose.
The fact that losing his job is the worst that will happen to him? Even worse.
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And maybe some pressure on de Blasio during the Dem debates. I’m not sure if causal, but the timing was suggestive.
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Between @Melz2 and @HMSGoose there’s not much I can add. I expect if he loses the appeal, he will find work in another department easily enough, and I would much rather he spend the next decade on the other side of prison bars.
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NYPD fires Daniel Pantaleo, the lying police officer who strangled Eric Garner to death
Please place this firmly in the “better late than never” file.
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You joke, but I really wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t show up, in some capacity, on Fox.
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Now watch the police union sue the city, initiate a strike, and have the commissioner/chief say he did nothing wrong.
Police unions are a perversion.
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Pantaleo’s case was originally heard in front of a Staten Island grand jury, which is a predominantly conservative, trumpy neighborhood, compared to any other NYC borough–where, coincidentally, many police officers live. I wonder if that may have been related to why he wasn’t indicted…
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I doubt the venue had much to do with it. There aren’t many venues in this country where there are a shortage of people willing to let cops get away with anything.
So a precedent has been set whereby if I kill someone while I’m working, my punishment will be getting fired?
Good to know.
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Might be getting fired.
Or, might be paid leave for several weeks then business as usual.
Or, even might be held on the force, work a desk job for another couple of years, then asked to resign with full pension and benefits.
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Thanks. I’ll be taking things a lot easier on the job now!
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Maybe these guys should be placed in non-approved chokeholds until they’re on the ground, then continue to be held in such. You know, so they can have a bit of experience with the situation so they’re better informed, and can draw reasonable conclusions about the topic.
(but then maybe they’d have to remove those f-ing brain dead shirts…)
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Don’t worry, everyone! It’s alright. He’ll have a new job with a different department before the month is out. Repeat. The. Cop. Will. Be. Alright.
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I’m sure ICE is hiring.
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So much pain in the world, and these these fuck nuts appear satisfied a man was killed over loosies. I hope they lost friends and jobs.
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Eric Garner was accused of selling loosies.
NYPD officers approached Garner on July 17 on suspicion of selling single cigarettes from packs without tax stamps. After Garner told the police that he was tired of being harassed and that he was not selling cigarettes, the officers attempted to arrest Garner.
I have yet to see the trial records where the dead human being was found guilty of this crime.
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