The officer who placed Eric Garner in a choke hold during a street arrest in 2014 that resulted in Garner’s death has been fired, NYPD commissioner James O’Neill announced Monday.

The announcement comes two weeks after a police judge ruled that the officer, Daniel Pantaleo, 34, should be terminated over his use of a chokehold to subdue Garner. Pantaleo employed the prohibited maneuver while attempting to arrest garner for the unlicensed sale of loose cigarettes on a State Island street corner.

Pantaleo "can no longer effectively serve as a new York city police officer," O’Neill said during a Monday press conference.

August 19 2019

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