DANIEL PANTALEO

A Michigan police officer has been charged with second-degree murder for fatally shooting Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head as the Black man was on the ground.

A suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for a Taser was led away in handcuffs Thursday after a jury found her guilty of manslaughter in the death of Black motorist Daunte Wright.

Moments after former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyd’s death, copies of the original Minneapolis police statement began recirculating on social media.

The killings of George Floyd and Eric Garner had a lot of similarities, with one big difference — Floyd's family got a conviction.

Byrne, whose brother was a rookie NYPD officer when he was shot and killed in 1988, died Sunday at a Manhattan hospital after a heart attack Thursday, the police department said. Byrne defended the department in litigation over its spying on Muslims, which was uncovered in reporting by The Associated Press. He interpreted a state secrecy law in a way that shielded the disciplinary records of officers accused of brutality from public view. Bush carried his badge with him while running for the White House, and a major Justice Department grant program is named in his honor. Over the years, Lawrence Byrne and his family have testified before the state parole board, urging it not to release the men who killed his brother.

Madeline Curry attends a protest with her father outside the Minneapolis 5th Police Precinct while wearing a protective mask that reads "I CAN'T BREATHE", Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests continued following the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Madeline Curry attends a protest with her father outside the Minneapolis 5th Police Precinct while wearing a protective mask that reads "I CAN'T BREATHE", Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Minneapolis. One told Floyd it takes a lot of oxygen to talk, while another told angry bystanders that Floyd was talking, so he can breathe.That reaction -- seen in police restraint deaths around the country -- is dangerously wrong, medical experts say. In the moments before he died, Floyd told police he couldnt breathe more than 20 times. The volume of an ordinary breath is about 400 to 600 mL, but normal speech requires about 50 mL of gas per syllable, so saying the words I cant breathe would require 150 mL of gas, the authors wrote. But the misperception that a talking person is able to breathe has also come up in other high-profile in-custody deaths.

Daniel Pantaleo, the New York City officer who seized Eric Garner in a deadly chokehold, had eight. Both Democratic and Republican reform bills in Congress would make officers' disciplinary records public and create a national database of allegations a shift in political will that didn't exist just a few years ago. New York legislators this week voted to repeal the law that kept officers' names secret along with specifics about complaints made against them. Chris Dunn, legal director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, rejected the notion, advanced largely by Republicans, that police disciplinary records should be kept private like medical information. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw and Mayor Jim Kenney pledged this week to publish a detailed quarterly report on complaints against city officers.

The law would allow an officer to be charged for acting with reckless disregard for someones life, causing that person's death. The bill would amend federal misconduct statutes to make it easier for courts to find officers personally liable for the violation of civil rights. The proposal would give specific subpoena power to federal civil rights prosecutors to conduct those investigations and would aid state attorneys general with conducting similar investigations. As attorney general in the Obama administration, Eric Holder frequently criticized violent police confrontations and opened a series of civil rights investigations into local law enforcement practices. The civil rights investigations often ended with court-approved consent decrees that mandated reforms.

New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner James P. O'Neill is congratulated by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, after announcing resignation during a news conference at City Hall in New York City, U.S., November 4, 2019. This is a job that consumes you, ONeill said at a news conference attended by Shea and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. It wasnt a motivating factor in my decision, ONeill said. Jimmy can be proud of the fact that crime in New York City today is at the lowest level its been since the 1950s, de Blasio said. ONeill, who has worked in New York City law enforcement since 1983, started his job as commissioner on the day a bomb exploded in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, injuring 30 people in September 2016.

FILE PHOTO: New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner James P. O'Neill speaks at a news conference at Police Headquarters in New York, U.S., August 19, 2019. REUTERS/Eduardo MunozNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Police Department Commissioner James ONeill is expected to step down as early as Monday, the New York Post reported, citing unidentified sources. ONeill, who has worked in New York City law enforcement since 1983 and was appointed commissioner in 2016, was expected to announce his resignation at a news conference on Monday afternoon, the Post said. Garners death was one of a series of killings that sparked nationwide #BlackLivesMatter protests over allegations of police mistreatment of minorities. Pantaleo filed a lawsuit against the NYPD last month, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated.

NYPD Officer Daniel Panaleo is accused in the choking death of Eric Garner. NEW YORK - Former New York Police Department officer Daniel Pantaleo is suing New York City over his termination related to the 2014 death of Eric Garner, Pantaleo's attorney told CNN. The former officer was fired in August after being found guilty in a disciplinary trial of using a chokehold on Garner. As Pantaleo forces Garner's head into the sidewalk, Garner could be heard saying "I can't breathe. Despite the disciplinary trial, Pantaleo has avoided criminal charges in the death.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images(CNN) - New York Police Commissioner James O'Neill says he won't resign despite pressure from the Police Benevolent Association union stemming partly from the firing of an officer involved in a 2014 fatal arrest. Earlier this week, the PBA unanimously approved resolutions of no confidence in both O'Neill and Mayor Bill de Blasio. The union's 27-member delegate assembly released the resolutions on Wednesday, calling for O'Neill's resignation and asking Gov. PBA spokesman Albert O'Leary told CNN this is not the first time the union has issued a resolution of no confidence. He said the last one was against former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly in 2004.

(CNN) - The New York police officer accused of fatally choking Eric Garner in 2014 has been fired and will not receive his NYPD pension, Commissioner James O'Neill said Monday. "It is clear that Daniel Pantaleo can no longer effectively serve as a New York City Police officer," he said. As Pantaleo forces Garner's head into the sidewalk, Garner could be heard saying "I can't breathe. Garner's death, three weeks before the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, started the resurgence of police accountability and brought the Black Lives Matter movement to the forefront, Rev. "For over five years, the Garner family and communities across the country have waited for justice in the death of Eric Garner," New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement.

In 2015, New York City paid a $5.9 million settlement to Garners family to avoid a civil lawsuit. New York protesters march and rally on the fifth anniversary of the death of Eric Garner in New York, U.S., July 17, 2019. He reversed course last year, saying he would no longer wait for the Justice Department, and ordered the police department to begin the internal disciplinary trial. Pantaleos lawyers argued that Garner himself, not the officer, was to blame for his death, and that Pantaleo followed his training and orders from senior police. Commissioner ONeill must uphold this verdict and dismiss Pantaleo from the Department....A lawyer for Pantaleo did not respond to requests for comment.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A white New York City police officer who killed an unarmed black man with a banned chokehold in 2014 should be fired, a police judge recommended on Friday in a case that stoked the Black Lives Matter movement and reverberated in the U.S. presidential campaign. Today, we finally saw a step towards justice and accountability, Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters in at City Hall. The mayor has said he regrets his decision to postpone disciplinary proceedings against Pantaleo for what would become several years while a U.S. Justice Department civil rights investigation was ongoing. He reversed course last year, saying he would no longer wait for the Justice Department, and ordered the police department to begin the internal disciplinary trial. Pantaleos lawyers argued that Garner himself, not the officer, was to blame for his death, and that Pantaleo followed his training and orders from senior police.

Cleared in a criminal trial, NYPD Officer Daniel Panaleo now faces an internal trial on tactics he used in the death of Eric Garner. A key question in the case remains whether Pantaleo used a chokehold, which is banned by the NYPD, against Garner. The officer denies he used the maneuver and has been on desk duty since Garner's death. "All of New York City understandably seeks closure to this difficult chapter in our City's history," Walzak said in a statement, declining further comment. Federal investigators began examining the circumstances of Garner's death in 2014, after a grand jury in New York declined to indict the Staten Island officer.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A white New York City police officer who used a fatal chokehold on an unarmed black man during an arrest in 2014 should be fired, a police department disciplinary judge recommended in a long-awaited verdict on Friday, and the department immediately suspended the officer. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to the news media after a New York Police Department (NYPD) disciplinary judge recommended the firing of officer Daniel Pantaleo, who used a fatal chokehold on unarmed black man Eric Garner during an arrest in 2014, at city hall in New York, U.S. August 2, 2019. The police department said in a statement that suspension was standard practice when a departmental judge recommends termination. Rosemarie Maldonado, a deputy police commissioner who oversees disciplinary hearings, reached her verdict after serving as the judge in Pantaleos disciplinary trial earlier this year. He reversed course last year, saying he would no longer wait for the Justice Department, and ordered the police department to begin the internal disciplinary trial.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A white New York City police officer who used a fatal chokehold on an unarmed black man during an arrest in 2014 should be fired, a police department disciplinary judge recommended on Friday. New York protesters march and rally on the fifth anniversary of the death of Eric Garner in New York, U.S., July 17, 2019. Rosemarie Maldonado, a deputy police commissioner who oversees disciplinary hearings, reached her verdict after serving as the judge in Pantaleos disciplinary trial earlier this year. The mayor has said he regrets his decision to postpone disciplinary proceedings against Pantaleo for what would become several years while a U.S. Justice Department civil rights investigation was ongoing. He reversed course last year, saying he would no longer wait for the Justice Department, and ordered the police department to begin the internal disciplinary trial.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A white New York City police officer who used a fatal chokehold on an unarmed black man during an arrest in 2014 should be fired, a police department disciplinary judge recommended on Friday. New York protesters march and rally on the fifth anniversary of the death of Eric Garner in New York, U.S., July 17, 2019. Rosemarie Maldonado, a deputy police commissioner who oversees disciplinary hearings, reached her verdict after serving as the judge in Pantaleos disciplinary trial earlier this year. The mayor has said he regrets his decision to postpone disciplinary proceedings against Pantaleo for what would become several years while a U.S. Justice Department civil rights investigation was ongoing. He reversed course last year, saying he would no longer wait for the Justice Department, and ordered the police department to begin the internal disciplinary trial.

The city's police commissioner will make a final decision later this month on whether to fire Officer Daniel Pantaleo over his role in Eric Garner 's death. The New York Police Department suspended Pantaleo from duty shortly after the judge's decision became public. Under department rules, Pantaleo's lawyer will have about two weeks to respond before Police Commissioner James O'Neill makes his decision. Justice for the Garner family would have been a federal proceeding or a criminal proceeding in the local courts." Garner's death has dogged de Blasio, a Democrat, since it happened in his first year in office.

Cleared in a criminal trial, NYPD Officer Daniel Panaleo now faces an internal trial on tactics he used in the death of Eric Garner. The crux of the case remains whether Pantaleo used a chokehold, which is banned by the NYPD; the officer denies he used the move. Activists and lawyers for the Civilian Complaint Review Board call the maneuver Pantaleo used on Garner an illegal chokehold. Garner's death brought the Black Lives Matter movement to the forefront in New York, with protesters marching in the streets. Five years later, Garner's death remains a fervent topic locally and on the national stage.

Protesters interrupted the first minutes of the second Democratic debate with calls to fire the NYPD officer who put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold. The chant references Daniel Pantaleo, who remains in the NYPD more than five years after Garner's death. Pantaleo was caught on camera putting Garner, an unarmed black man, in a chokehold on a Staten Island street in July 2014. A medical examiner later ruled Garner's death to be a homicide. Soon after the chant, de Blasio's Twitter account posted four tweets responding the protesters and saying Garner's death "fundamentally changed" New York City.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks on the second night of the second 2020 Democratic U.S. presidential debate in Detroit, Michigan, July 31, 2019. Protesters calling for the firing of a New York City police officer involved in the 2014 death of Eric Garner interrupted the second Democratic presidential primary debate on Wednesday. Chants of "Fire Pantaleo" started during New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's opening statement at the Detroit debate. They reference Daniel Pantaleo, the officer involved in Garner's death on Staten Island that sparked nationwide protests. "While I believe that respecting the process is the best way to get justice for Eric Garner's family, I recognize and identify with the pain people across this country are feeling," he said.

Eric Garner died in 2014 after police attempted to arrest the 43-year-old father of six for allegedly selling cigarettes illegally in Staten Island. (CNN) - Protesters rallied in New York Wednesday on the anniversary of the death of Eric Garner, an African American father who died after officers tried to apprehend him five years ago. Protesters demanded justice for Garner's death and called for Pantaleo and other officers to be fired, directing anger at New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. In a cell phone video, Pantaleo appeared to have Garner in a chokehold shortly before Garner died. The city's medical examiner's office ruled Garner's death a homicide in the days after his death.

The demonstrators also vented their anger at New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat who has declined to fire Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the five years since Eric Garner died in police custody. Garner is heard in the videos of the incident saying I cant breathe! at least 11 times shortly before he died. Pantaleo has got to go! and I cant breathe! as they were addressed by civic rights activists. Filmmaker Spike Lee mingled in the throng, accompanied by a camera operator, but declined to speak to a Reuters reporter. Pantaleo was the latest example of an American law enforcement officer to avoid criminal liability in killings of unarmed black men.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several hundred people took to the streets of New York on Wednesday to protest a decision by the U.S. Department of Justice not to bring federal charges against a policeman accused in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man in 2014. Youre the mayor; this is your city.McKiver, who is black, said she could be the next victim of policy brutality. In announcing that it would not bring charges against Pantaleo, Justice Department officials said they could not reach a conclusive determination as to whether Pantaleo willfully committed misconduct, which must be established to prove that he violated Garners civil rights. Filmmaker Spike Lee mingled in the throng, accompanied by a camera operator, but declined to speak to a Reuters reporter. Pantaleo was the latest example of a law enforcement officer in the United States to avoid criminal liability here in killings of unarmed black men in recent years.

People attend a news conference with Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, following the decision to not prosecute NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo at City Hall in New York, U.S., July 16, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidThe demonstrators also directed their anger at New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has declined to fire Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the five years since Eric Garner died in police custody. Youre the mayor; this is your city.McKiver, who is black, said she could be the next victim of policy brutality. In announcing that it would not bring charges against Pantaleo, Justice Department officials said they could not reach a conclusive determination as to whether Pantaleo willfully committed misconduct, which must be established to prove that he violated Garners civil rights. Filmmaker Spike Lee mingled in the throng, accompanied by a camera operator, but declined to speak to a Reuters reporter.

PHILANDO CASTILEOfficer Jeronimo Yanez shot a 32-year-old black man, Philando Castile, five times during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, on July 6, 2016. SAMUEL DUBOSEUniversity of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing fatally shot black motorist Samuel DuBose, 43, after stopping him for a missing front license plate in July 2015. MICHAEL BROWNDarren Wilson, a white police officer, shot Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black man, in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9, 2014. TAMIR RICETimothy Loehmann, a white police officer, shot Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy who was displaying a toy gun, in Cleveland, Ohio, on Nov. 22, 2014. WALTER SCOTTMichael Slager, a white police officer, was caught on video shooting a 50-year-old unarmed black man, Walter Scott, in the back after a traffic stop in Charleston, South Carolina, on April 4, 2015.

MOTHER: TODAY WE CANT BREATHEAfter meeting with federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, members of Garners family held a news conference with civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonThe NYPD said its disciplinary process on Pantaleo will not be affected by the federal prosecutors decision. Although Mr. Garners death was an undeniable tragedy, Police Officer Pantaleo did not cause it, PBA President Patrick Lynch said in a statement. Several Democratic contenders for the White House condemned the decisions, including New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, whom the Garner family denounced on Tuesday because he has not pushed for Pantaleos dismissal. Years ago, we put our faith in the federal government to act, de Blasio said in a statement.

FILE PHOTO - Demonstrators protest during the disciplinary trial of police officer Daniel Pantaleo in relation to the death of Eric Garner at 1 Police Plaza in New York City, U.S., June 6, 2019. The official confirmed that no New York police officer not just Pantaleo will face any charges. The DOJ has failed us, Garners mother, Gwen Carr, adding that she wanted to see Officer Daniel Pantaleo fired. Five years ago, my son said I cant breathe 11 times, and today we cant breathe because they let us down.Wednesday will mark five years since the incident. A New York grand jury in 2014 declined to charge Pantaleo, who has been assigned to desk duty since Garners death and faced a disciplinary trial in May at New York City Police Department headquarters.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - None of the New York police officers whose attempted arrest of Eric Garner in 2014 led to the mans death and fueled the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement will face federal criminal charges, a Justice Department official said Tuesday. FILE PHOTO - Demonstrators protest during the disciplinary trial of police officer Daniel Pantaleo in relation to the death of Eric Garner at 1 Police Plaza in New York City, U.S., June 6, 2019. It did not fit within the statute.The official confirmed that no New York police officer not just Pantaleo will face any charges. A New York grand jury in 2014 declined to charge Pantaleo, who has been assigned to desk duty since Garners death and faced a disciplinary trial in May at New York City Police Department headquarters. FILE PHOTO - Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, looks down during the disciplinary trial of police officer Daniel Pantaleo in relation to the death of Eric Garner at 1 Police Plaza in New York City, U.S., June 6, 2019.

It's been five years since Eric Garner's death triggered protests across the country after a cell phone video of his last moments in police custody went viral. The Department of Justice has not officially made a decision on whether Pantaleo will be charged with a federal crime, and the deadline to make that call is Wednesday -- the five-year anniversary of Garner's death. Federal investigators have been examining the circumstances of Garner's death since 2014, after a grand jury in New York declined to indict the Staten Island officer. Marchers yelled the phrase as they took to the streets in New York in protest of Garner's death. They blame Garner's death on his poor health.

FILE PHOTO - Demonstrators protest during the disciplinary trial of police officer Daniel Pantaleo in relation to the death of Eric Garner at 1 Police Plaza in New York City, U.S., June 6, 2019. ET (3 p.m. GMT) in advance of the statute of limitations for some civil charges expiring on Wednesday, the five-year anniversary of Garners death. In December 2014, a New York City grand jury voted against charging Pantaleo for killing Garner, which sparked national protests. Medical experts have determined Garners death was a homicide induced by compression of neck (choke hold), compression of chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police.Pantaleo has been assigned to desk duty since Garners death and faced a disciplinary trial in May at the New York City Police Department headquarters. A federal civil rights investigation into Garners death is ongoing and will not be affected by the statute of limitations expiration on Wednesday.

Sharpton called for the NYPD to fire Pantaleo, who's been on desk duty since Garner's death and is awaiting the results of a disciplinary hearing that could lead to termination. He said Garner's death is a tragedy and that "for anyone to die under circumstances like these is a tremendous loss." The head of Pantaleo's union said Garner's death was an "undeniable tragedy," but that the officer did not cause it. But the medical examiner's office said a chokehold contributed to Garner's death. In the years since the Garner death, Pantaleo has remained on the job but not in the field, and activists have decried his paycheck that included union-negotiated raises.

"Significantly, Officer Pantaleo was not engaged in a chokehold on Mr. Garner when he said he could not breathe, and neither Officer Pantaleo nor any other officer applied a chokehold to Mr. Garner after he first said he could not breathe," Donoghue said. Garner could be heard on bystander video crying out "I can't breathe" at least 11 times before he fell unconscious. The medical examiner's office said a chokehold contributed to Garner's death. Barr, who watched the video himself and got several briefings, made the ultimate decision, a senior Justice Department official said. He said Garner's death was a tragedy and that "for anyone to die under circumstances like these is a tremendous loss."

The video quickly went viral after Garner's death, and his pleas became a rallying cry against police brutality. Eric Garner's mother speaks as cop's disciplinary trial beginsPersechino testified Garner weighed 395 pounds at the time of his July 2014 death. Kleinman will testify later in the trial that he concluded Pantaleo did not use a chokehold to restrain Garner, London said. Before Pantaleo grabbed him, Garner is seen on video arguing with the officers, protesting what he considered constant harassment. He has been on desk duty since Garner's death.

On the ground with Eric Garner protesters For the past two weeks, thousands of New Yorkers have taken to the streets to protest what they call a pattern of excessive force exhibited by white police officers. While the New York protests have been peaceful, over 300 protesters have been arrested since a grand jury announced it would not indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner. Hear from the protesters themselves as they march through the streets of New York demanding justice.

12/04: Few details made public from Eric Garner grand jury; two brothers hit it big reviewing toys CBS News did learn that New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo was the last witness, testifying for two hours in a phone interview; brothers Gabe and Garrett are stars of a YouTube channel that produces videos of them trying out toys to help other kids decide what they want for Christmas.

Few details made public from Eric Garner grand jury CBS News did learn that New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo was the last witness, testifying for two hours in a phone interview. His lawyer says Pantaleo, the officer investigated in the death of Eric Garner, told the grand jury he subdued Garner with a technique taught at the police academy. Jim Axelrod reports.

Legal analysis: no charges for officer in chokehold case CBSN dives into the grand jury decision not to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in death of Eric Garner.

No indictment in NYPD chokehold case Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo will not face charges in the death of Eric Garner. After Pantaleo put Garner in an apparent chokehold, he suffered a fatal heart attack. CBS Legal Analyst Eboni Williams explains the case and what could follow this decision.