Breaking: NYPD fires Pantaleo

[malaise]

for Eric Garner's murder.

Justice at last

[spanone]

1. 👍🏼

[hlthe2b]

2. well, SOME justice, at least. He ought to be in jail.

[malaise]

4. Agree - I can't breathe has meaning

and Garner said it over and over

[geardaddy]

39. Bingo.

[Bettie]

5. A small portion of justice

but something is better than nothing.

Now, shall we have a pool on how long it takes him to be hired by another department?

[malaise]

7. Now the RWs will attack the Mayor

Watch and see

[JHB]

44. They've been attacking him since he was elected.

I mean, you're not wrong, but it's nothing you need to wait to see. Anything even vaguely within reach gets put on the conveyor belt.

[padah513]

9. He's probably receiving inquiries already.

[Hortensis]

25. I'll take he won't be. :)

No chance this guy can be slipped into the kind of low-budget department that would be glad to be able to hire a trained, experienced officer without the community finding out. Also, the liability for a small community could be potentially disastrous if he were to hurt someone.

[underpants]

6. Well that's something

[ret5hd]

8. Justice would be him being reduced to selling loosies on the street...

getting arrested and choked out.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. K&R and more...

Pantaleo will not receive his NYPD pension

Daniel Pantaleo will not receive his New York Police Department pension, NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill just said.

O’Neill said whatever contributions Pantaleo has already made towards his pension will be returned to him.

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/daniel-pantaleo-eric-garner-nypd/index.html

[malaise]

11. Good

Reckless behavior must be punished.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. Exactly.

Anyone else and that would have been automatic.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

12. Good to see him out of a job

As other people have mentioned, he should really be in jail. And it took 4 YEARS to get him out of the job. But, I guess we have to start *somewhere*. Maybe the next police officer won't take as long to be removed- or may actually see some jail/prison time for their actions.

[Kid Berwyn]

13. Hope he ends up selling cigarettes on the street.

No offense to street vendors.

[malaise]

14. I love how they ignored the Con's DOJ

who refused to proceed with the civil rights'violation

[Kid Berwyn]

26. No context. No history. No reference. No problem.

When those in charge refuse to see that the racism is systemic, nothing happens.

In Macomb County, near Detroit, we’ve got a lot people more concerned about the death of a police dog than a man, Theoddeus Gray.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/macomb/2018/11/28/st-clair-shores-police-k-9-dog/2130983002/

Thankfully, Michigan’s new AG, Dana Nessel, has opened an investigation.

[malaise]

31. Good news

Non-white and poor white human life is not important to many

[cwydro]

16. YES!

Good.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

17. NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill constantly refers to Rosemarie or Rose Mary during

this press conference. Not once did he say Judge Maldonado. He referred to the police officer and everyone else by their title and last name, but not the Judge. Even when press members referred to Judge Maldonado's decision, O'Neill would reply with Rosemarie or Rose Mary. He said it many times - very deliberate and disrespectful. Her name is Judge Rosemarie Maldonado.

[dalton99a]

19. +1

[malaise]

20. Excellent point

No respect for women as usual.

[BeckyDem]

21. Anything to diminish her conclusions about Pantaleo.

Fuck him.

[A HERETIC I AM]

18. How I envision Malaise's computer;

Sitting there, a finger on the pulse of all humanity!

Damn! The Washington Post just tweeted that story 4 bloody minutes ago!

LOL.....On the ball, that's for sure!

[irisblue]

22. Me as well 😉

[BumRushDaShow]

23. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[malaise]

32. You know i was watching the press conference on Local 10 from Miami

Ha - we retirees have time on our hands.
I knew what was coming based on what the Commish said early. I almost posted the firing before he said it

By the way what ever happened to Harvard graduate and tennis player, James Blake, after that ridiculous take down outside a hotel by New York Cops?

[Aristus]

24. Wow. Only took five years, too.

High-fives all around, NYPD.

Now: how many years does Eric Garner get back?...

[Mendocino]

27. He'll be on the

FUX news circuit in no time, railing about "injustice". Then the "security consulting" gig with the Devos family.

[greatauntoftriplets]

28. How soon does Spanky give him some kind of medal?

Good move by NYPD, though.

[Mr.Bill]

29. After being allowed five more years to enhance his pension. n/t

[FM123]

30. Justice yes, but a very low bar. Firing this guy over ignoring police regulation and killing someone

because of it, should have been as easy as breathing. None of this hemming and hawing about how difficult this decision was for him to make and how he empathizes and understands how police officers would not like his decision. Gimme a break...

[djacq]

33. Decision made because of bad OPTICS is INJUSTICE

Pantaleo swore an oath to serve and protect.

By killing unarmed Eric Garner, who was Pantaleo serving?

By killing unarmed Eric Garner, who was Pantaleo protecting?

[malaise]

34. I agree with Rev Al

Police should not be mad here because he violated policy and where is the Federal Grand Jury.

[lapucelle]

35. One of the supervising sergeants who was on the scene faces her departmental trial next.

The video says otherwise, but an internal NYPD report claims the arrest of Eric Garner on Staten Island went relatively smoothly, except for the cardiac-arrest part. The preliminary document, obtained by the New York Daily News, quotes Sergeant Dhanan Saminath, an officer present at the scene, saying “he perpetrator’s did not appear to be in great distress.” Shall we check the tape on that? Nope, definitely full of distress.

Another officer, Sergeant Kizzy Adonis, said “the perpetrator’s condition did not seem serious and that he did not appear to get worse.” Garner, a 43-year-old father of six, died soon after. (He “became unresponsive, though he was observed to be breathing,” according to the report, and went into cardiac arrest “when he was placed on the stretcher.”) Four other officers involved, including Daniel Pantaleo, who administered the illegal chokehold, were not interviewed for the report, pending a criminal investigation.

The Daily News adds that Adonis also told interviewers she “believed she heard” Garner, who was suspected of selling loose cigarettes, “state that he was having difficulty breathing.” On the tape, he can be heard saying “I can’t breathe” at least nine times.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2014/07/nypd-report-eric-garner-not-in-great-distress.html?gtm=top

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-garner-chokehold-death-sergeant-20190716-jcve5sudnrcptbyhlftyjhxm3m-story.html

https://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-chokehold-eric-garner-20160108-story.html

[barbtries]

36. can't really call it justice.

but it's something.

since I don't support the death penalty, when it's homicide there can never truly be justice. Eric Garner and his loved ones deserved much more.

[malaise]

37. Agree

but at least he has been fired

[lapucelle]

42. The chief of the department who ordered the crackdown on the sale of loosies

on Bay Street, SI retired at full pension.

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-chief-department-philip-banks-resigns-sources-article-1.1994283

According to NYDN reports:

An order to crack down on the illegal sale of 75-cent cigarettes in Staten Island came directly from Police Headquarters, setting off a chain of events that ended in Eric Garner's death, the Daily News has learned.

Chief of Department Philip Banks — the highest-ranking uniformed cop in the city — sent a sergeant from his office at 1 Police Plaza in July to investigate complaints of untaxed cigarettes being sold in the Tompkinsville neighborhood, a source close to the investigation told The News.

" (Banks) set the whole thing in motion," the source said.

snip=========================================================

The sale of loosies had been on Banks' radar since at least March, when it was discussed at a meeting at Police Headquarters about quality-of-life issues, a police source

snip=========================================================

Sometime in early July, a memo was sent to the Staten Island borough command, a source said. The memo stressing the need to address quality-of-life issues was then forwarded to bosses in the 120th Precinct for "immediate attention," according to the source.

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/wife-man-filmed-chokehold-arrested-article-1.1893790

[USALiberal]

38. Another city will hire him. Nt

[ooky]

40. Good.

[LittleGirl]

41. YES and

I hope they take his pension.

[Duppers]

43. Not enough.

K&R

[sandensea]

45. They'll probably hire him in the Laguna Beach Police Department

They practically have a sign in their front door that says "Disgraced thugs - inquire within"