Commissioner Tisch declines to fire NYPD officer who killed Allan Feliz, despite internal ruling and family pleas for justice.

A Staten Island grand jury on Wednesday declined to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed man who was killed this summer when an officer used a chokehold to ...

NEW YORK — Former NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was fired in August for his role in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against New York City, his lawyer said ...

Former NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo is suing the department to get his job back, his lawyer confirmed to NBC News. Pantaleo, who was fired in August after being accused of using a banned chokehold ...

Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer whose chokehold killed Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, during an arrest for suspicion of selling loose cigarettes, was fired earlier this week.

Five years later, the firing on Monday of Daniel Pantaleo, the officer whose chokehold led to Mr. Garner’s death, brought its own measure of scorn from the opposite end of the political spectrum ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Patrick Yoes, president of the National Fraternal Order of Police, about national implications of the firing of NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo.

The commissioner's decision comes two weeks after an NYPD administrative judge recommended Pantaleo be fired for apparently using a banned chokehold during Garner's arrest.

New York City's police commissioner has fired a police officer involved in the 2014 death of Eric Garner. Police Commissioner James O'Neill made the announcement Monday afternoon. O'Neill had been ...

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.