He was just another person that one of his officers killed.”Ĭarr said Bannon “should be off the force.” Eric’s life just didn’t mean anything to him. It was just business as usual,” Carr said. So my intention by this statement was to kind of prevent that from happening.”Ĭarr, who joined Bragg and other advocates at the virtual news conference, called Bannon's text “a slap in the face.” Citing his previous experience as a supervisor of officers involved in a death in custody, Bannon said, “I’ve seen officers, you know, taking it too much and maybe potentially injuring themselves. It was “to kind of bring their mindset back to center,” Bannon said. We were effecting a lawful arrest.”Įxplore the colorful fall foliage around Connecticut.īannon testified at the judicial inquiry that the text was intended to give comfort to the officers who were at the scene, and who might be distraught. Christopher Bannon, a commander on Staten Island at the time of Garner's death.Īt Pantaleo's departmental disciplinary hearing, it was revealed that when Bannon had been notified by a sergeant that Garner had died during an arrest, he texted back. The proceeding before state Supreme Court Justice Erika Edwards, which is happening virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic, started with testimony from a police Lt.
2.īragg said at a virtual news conference Monday that the last time a proceeding took place under the charter provision was about 100 years ago. One of the lawyers representing the petitioners is Alvin Bragg, the widely favored Democratic candidate for Manhattan district attorney in an election now underway in the city. The judicial proceeding is taking place under a provision of the city charter that allows citizens to petition the court for a public inquiry into ″any alleged violation or neglect of duty in relation to the property, government or affairs of the city.″ New York City agreed to pay members of Garner's family nearly $6 million in 2015 to resolve any civil litigation. Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who authorities said used a banned chokehold to restrain Garner, was fired five years later.
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