"We will be trying to reopen the case. We will be going after the rest of the officers involved" - Emerald Snipes Garner.

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The family of slain Staten Island man Eric Garner received a $1 million settlement from the area hospital that dispatched paramedics to the scene of his fatal encounter with police.

After almost a year of pain, suffering, and unanswered questions, New York City reached a settlement with the family of Eric Garner just days before the deadline to file suit in the death. The city agreed to pay $5.9 million to the late father and husband, who died after Officer Daniel Pantaleo put in him in a fatal chokehold […]

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The New York Police Department officer cleared in Eric Garner’s chokehold death is being sued over a 2010 car crash that left a man with “severe and permanent” injuries, reports the New York Daily News. The officer, Daniel Pantaleo, was recently named as a defendant in a civil suit filed in Queens Supreme Court against […]