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Eric Garner

Marking 10 years since Eric Garner's death

  • Jul 17, 2024

NYC's ban on police use of chokeholds upheld on appeal

  • Nov 20, 2023

Street renamed to honor Eric Garner 8 years after death

  • Jul 17, 2022

NY court to hear arguments over public inquiry into Garner's death

  • May 25, 2021

Cop fired in Eric Garner's death, loses lawsuit to get job back

  • Mar 25, 2021

Judge orders judicial inquiry into 2014 death of Eric Garner

  • Sep 25, 2020

George Floyd's brother, Eric Garner's mother on hand for BLM mural painting in NJ

  • Aug 2, 2020

Use of chokeholds outlawed as NYC mayor signs police reform bills

  • Jul 16, 2020

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Minneapolis police have pattern of unjustified deadly force: DOJ

  • Jun 16, 2023
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From the archives: Actor, activist Michael K. Williams on 'Here and Now'

  • Jun 21, 2020
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Black Lives Matter holds march, rally outside Trump Tower

  • Jul 31, 2020
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Use of chokeholds outlawed as NYC mayor signs police reform bills

  • Jul 16, 2020
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NYPD seeks to bridge divide with communities of color, Shea says

  • Jun 26, 2020
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Family of man put in apparent chokehold speaks out

  • Jun 26, 2020
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NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea sits down with Eyewitness News

  • Jun 26, 2020
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NYC's top cop speaks out on civil unrest, police reform

  • Jun 25, 2020

Latest Stories

Victim of NYPD chokehold accused in Bronx bias robbery

The man who was put in an apparent chokehold by a police officer in Queens was taken into custody in connection to a robbery on Tuesday.

  • Jul 8, 2020

NYPD seeks to bridge divide with communities of color, Commissioner Shea says

NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea is already in the process of enacting sweeping reforms as part of an effort to restore trust in neighborhoods around the city. He sat down with Eyewitness News anchor Sade Baderinwa for a candid one-on-one conversation.

  • Jul 2, 2020

NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea opens up about civil unrest, police reform, caught-on-camera chokehold

NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea sat down with Eyewitness News for a candid, one-on-one conversation that comes at a time when he is trying to increase trust between his department and the community amid civil unrest, police reform and the charges against one of his officers for using a banned chokehold.

  • Jun 27, 2020

Man put in apparent chokehold by police in Queens admitted to hospital

"He threatened me. I was scared for his life," Ricky Bellevue's brother said. "He can't walk outside, he's scared."

  • Jun 26, 2020

NYPD officer in Queens chokehold surrenders to face charges

Officer David Afanador turned himself in at the Queens District Attorney's Office in Kew Gardens. The 39-year-old is charged with strangulation and attempted strangulation.

  • Jun 25, 2020