Five years later, officer faces reckoning for chokehold death
Long-delayed internal disciplinary trial to begin Monday
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press
Published: May 12, 2019, 9:39pm
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In this Wednesday May 8, 2019, photo, Loyda Colon, left, co-Director of the Justice Committee, listens while Gwen Carr, right, mother of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died as he was being subdued in a chokehold by NYPD police officer Daniel Pantaleo nearly five years ago, speaks during an interview, Wednesday May 8, 2019, in New York. A New York City judge has cleared the way for a police disciplinary trial to begin next week for Pantaleo in the death of her son, after rejecting his claim that a police watchdog agency didn’t have jurisdiction to prosecute the case. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) Photo Gallery
NEW YORK — The deadly confrontation five summers ago flickers in Gwen Carr’s mind, competing for attention with warm, happy memories of her late son Eric Garner’s life. For all the smiles and laugher they shared, there are flashes of Garner being grabbed by a New York City police officer and crying out: “I can’t breathe.”
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