More than 1,000 city residents claim to be victims of NYPD chokeholds, CCRB says

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THOMAS TRACY

Eric Garner isn’t alone.

More than 1,000 city residents have accused the NYPD of putting them in chokeholds in the past five years, the Civilian Complaint Review Board said Saturday.

The startling numbers were revealed as new CCRB Chair Richard Emery said the board plans to conduct a “comprehensive study” of chokehold complaints and find out why cops are apparently still using the forbidden practice.

The chokehold study will be an “agency priority,” according to CCRB Executive Director Tracy Catapano-Fox.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/theshack/1-000-city-residents-claim-victims-nypd-chokeholds-ccrb-blog-entry-1.1873264

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1. New video shows police offered no medical help to unresponsive Staten Island dad Eric Garner; cop wh

New video shows police offered no medical help to unresponsive Staten Island dad Eric Garner; cop who used chokehold is stripped of shield, gun

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/nypd-chokehold-staten-island-man-eric-garner-stripped-shield-gun-article-1.1873033

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2. Hundreds of New Yorkers rally in support of justice for Eric Garner, march through streets of North

http://www.silive.com/northshore/index.ssf/2014/07/hundreds_of_new_yorkers_rally.html#incart_big-photo

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3. Peaceful rally, march for Eric Garner finishes up outside 120th Precinct stationhouse

http://www.silive.com/northshore/index.ssf/2014/07/peaceful_rally_for_eric_garner.html#incart_river

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4. Rev. Al Sharpton demands justice for Eric Garner and his family (with video) 1 / 6 Rev. Al Sharpton

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/post_874.html#incart_river

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5. I have no words for how horrible this is.

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6. It is just horrific.

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7. nyt source.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/nyregion/death-of-a-man-in-custody-adds-fuel-to-a-dispute-over-a-policing-strategy.html?ref=nyregion&_r=1

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8. Son of Eric Garner, who died after cop used illegal chokehold, says officer ‘should be in jail’

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/emergency-workers-scene-eric-garner-chokehold-tragedy-put-modified-duty-article-1.1873800

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9. Despite ban chokehold still used.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/21/nyregion/21banned.html?ref=nyregion&_r=0