The NYPD Commissioner has fired police officer Daniel Pantaleo over his role in Eric Garner's death.
Five years after Mr. Garner’s dying plea “I can’t breathe” became the rallying cry against police brutality across the nation, his family is seeing justice being served against the man who destroyed their family.
New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neill announced on Monday that NYPD officer Pantaleo, 34, has been terminated, after it was determined he violated department policy by restraining Garner with a prohibited chokehold in 2014.
The family received $5.9 million from the city to settle a wrongful death claim in 2015.