Board recommended discipline for Officer Daniel Pantaleo years before fatal Eric Garner chokehold:
Source: MY Daily News
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The cop who choked Eric Garner to death in Staten Island in 2014 had four civilian complaints substantiated against him, but was only docked two vacation days as punishment, documents revealed on Tuesday show.
The documents related to Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo were sent to ThinkProgress.com by an anonymous Civilian Complaint Review Board employee, according to the website.
In all, seven CCRB complaints — including 14 allegations — were made against Pantaleo before the fatal encounter with Garner, the website said.
“Someone should have taken a look at his record a long time ago,” Garner’s mother Gwen Carr said. “If they had done that maybe my son would still be alive.”
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