Chokehold Not Mentioned in NYPD Report About Asthmatic Father's Death
Dayna Evans · 07/22/14 09:45AMEric Garner, an asthmatic father of six from Staten Island, died last week after NYPD officers put him in a chokehold and forcibly held him to the ground. The police report written by the NYPD immediately following Garner's death makes no mention of police using a chokehold maneuver, which has been banned by the department for 20 years.