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BREAKING | Judge recommends Staten Island chokehold cop Daniel Pantaleo be fired: source

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If Commissioner O’Neill disagrees with the judge's firing recommendation for Officer Pantaleo for the chokehold death of Eric Garner,

it will almost certainly trigger harsh criticism & massive protests.
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The NYPD took more than five years to reach a decision, leaving the Garner family in limbo, hoping for charges in Eric’s death.

The embattled Pantaleo never faced criminal charges in the July 17, 2014 death of Eric Garner.
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EDITORIAL | What O’Neill SHOULD say in Pantaleo aftermath

My job is to lead 36,000 officers, the majority of whom are well-trained & professional ... Unwarranted use of force has consequences. We commend good police work & must also condemn its opposite.
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The NYPD has suspended Pantaleo “as is the longstanding practice in these matters when the recommendation is termination,” an NYPD spokesman said.

But Police Commissioner James O’Neill “has not been provided the draft report.”
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’He’s done nothing wrong’ — Union chief blasts rec to fire officer over the chokehold death of Eric Garner

Lynch called a potential firing of Pantaleo “a horrendous decision” that would be a mistake for O’Neill to follow. “He will lose his police dept.”
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“He should be fired without a pension, benefits or a ‘good guy’ letter,” said Eric Garner’s mother Gwen Carr.
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