Tag: Eric Garner
The NYPD braced itself for a second night of protests after more than a thousand people marched across the city on Wednesday night, outraged by a Staten Island jury’s failure to charge officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of unarmed black man Eric Garner. 83 people were arrested. While outgoing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder […]
CNN, the network that attempted to turn the Ferguson protests into amateur improv hour, has earned the ire of those protesting the Eric Garner case. The network, routinely disparaged by The Daily Show for its vacuous, inaccurate, and out-of-touch coverage, is now almost as reviled as the white officer who fatally choked Garner. Here’s footage […]
Soon after a Staten Island jury decided to not indict officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, the unarmed black man who died after being placed in a prohibited chokehold, protests erupted all over America. Just before people around the city took their outrage and sorrow to the streets, ANIMAL asked New Yorkers […]
New Yorkers expressed their collective anger, frustration, and disappointment over a grand jury’s decision not to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo over the death of unarmed black man Eric Garner on Wednesday night, launching a 50-person “die-in” in Grand Central Station, sending dozens to the Staten Island street where Garner was arrested this summer, and […]
While many Americans tuned into watch the annual tree lighting at Rockefeller Center, just blocks away, demonstrators marched through the streets of New York to protest a Staten Island jury’s decision not to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the death of Eric Garner. The protesters demanded justice not just for Garner, who died as […]
Following the announcement Wednesday afternoon that a Staten Island grand jury has decided to not indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo with criminal charges related to the death of Eric Garner, protests have begun in NYC. Mayor Bill de Blasio criticized the outcome, saying, “This is a deeply emotional day — for the Garner Family, and all New Yorkers. […]
A Staten Island grand jury has announced its decision to not indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo with criminal charges related to the death of Eric Garner. Pantaleo used a prohibited chokehold while arresting Garner back in July. A medical examiner later ruled the incident a homicide and confirmed Garner’s death was a result of the chokehold, which exacerbated […]
The NYPD has announced it will begin its pilot program for body-mounted cams on Wednesday, a full month earlier than previously announced. It has been implied that the move is motivated by tensions that could arise with the expected announcement of a grand jury’s ruling on the death of Eric Garner. Garner died after being placed […]
According to a law enforcement source, social-media tools are leaving the NYPD at a disadvantage when it comes to stopping unruly protests on the streets of New York City. Referring to demonstrators who last week marched the streets of NYC in response to the grand jury decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, the source […]
Current and former members of the NYPD told DNAinfo that the police force is still using the same tactics it employed in the high crime days of the early 1990s, despite the fact that crime has drastically reduced, and that the city is a far different place. The sources say that many of the department’s troubles […]
