NYPD Fires Cop in Eric Garner Chokehold Case

The New York Police Department confirmed on Monday that they are terminating Officer Daniel Pantaleo for his involvement in the death of Eric Garner.

The Garner case has been a source of outrage for five years, ever since Garner died after Pantaleo held him in a chokehold for selling cigarettes in Staten Island without tax stamps. Garner’s repeated proclamation of “I can’t breathe” became a recurring slogan against police brutality over the years, and Pantaleo’s fate has been lasting subject of intrigue among media observers and civil rights activists.