Officer who put Eric Garner in chokehold faces trial five years later
Daniel Pantaleo, who has been on desk duty since Garner’s death, could face penalties from loss of vacation days to firing
Eric Garner’s sister left a New York City courtroom in tears as a video showing the 2014 arrest that led to the Staten Island man’s death was played. Garner’s mother also left in tears.
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