NEW YORK -- New York City Police Commissioner James O'Neill announced Monday that he has fired the police officer involved in the 2014 death of Eric Garner. O'Neill had been deliberating whether to ...

In 2014, Eric Garner lost his life at the hands of NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo. Five years later, the officer will face a trial that could lose him his job. Suggested Reading MAGA in Virginia is ...

Michael Brown’s death helped spark a whole movement. The Root looks back at other incidents of police brutality that sparked racial justice protests. Former NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo has already ...

Four years ago today, Eric Garner was killed on Staten Island by police. The 43-year-old father died after he was put in a chokehold by New York Police Department Officer Daniel Pantaleo. His last ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that he believes the NYPD officer who is accused of using a banned chokehold in the July 2014 death of Eric Garner should be fired. "We have a judge who said the ...

The family of Eric Garner held a vigil Sunday at the gravesites of Garner and his daughter Erica in New Jersey. Saturday the NYPD announced it has begun disciplinary proceedings against the police ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Mayor Bill de Blasio says the grand jury decision in the Eric Garner case is not the one many in New York City wanted. But the grand jury, after hearing from officer Daniel Pantaleo ...

NEW YORK - No federal charges will be brought against the NYPD officer accused of killing Eric Garner. The family of the Staten Island man had been pushing for charges before the statute of ...

NEW YORK -- A New York City grand jury cleared a white police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man who had been stopped on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed ...

Erica Garner held a vigil and “die-in” on Staten Island Thursday in memory of her father, the 43-year-old who died while being taken into NYPD custody earlier this year. After gathering on Bay Street ...

According to Section 50-a of New York’s civil rights law, the disciplinary history of a police officer is “confidential and not subject to inspection or review.” That means the taxpaying public has no ...