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De Blasio criticized over delay in Garner cop discipline

By amNewYork Posted on February 7, 2018

De Blasio criticized over delay in Garner cop discipline

The de Blasio administration was criticized Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, for stopping the NYPD’s civilian watchdog from prosecuting the police officer who put Eric Garner in an apparent choke hold before his death in 2014. (Credit: Newsday / Matthew Chayes)

The de Blasio administration was criticized Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, for stopping the NYPD’s civilian watchdog from prosecuting the police officer who put Eric Garner in an apparent choke hold before his death in 2014. (Credit: Newsday / Matthew Chayes)

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