The feds have revived the grand jury probe into the NYPD chokehold death of Eric Garner and a police witness who was questioned in front of the panel believes an indictment is looming.
NEW YORK – Law enforcement and other sources confirmed that a federal grand jury heard testimony from police officers about the chokehold death of Eric Garner.
Staten Island, NY – New York City might never tell the public if the police officer at the center of the Eric Garner chokehold death case is disciplined, the mayor and police commissioner indicated this week after reaching a new interpretation of a 40-year-old state civil rights law.
The New York police officer accused in the death of Eric Garner – a Staten Island man who died after being placed in a banned chokehold – is being sued for allegedly crashing his police vehicle into another man’s car causing “severe” injuries to the driver, the New York Daily News has reported.