The Cop who killed Eric Garner, Daniel Pantaleo, wants his job and gun back.
Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer who put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold a year ago this week, who has been stripped of his gun and is currently working a desk job, wants to be a cop again, according a report by the New York Daily News.
Pantaleo has reported received so many death threats that he even has he is protected a police detail.
In December, a Staten Island jury declined to indict Pantaleo, who settled two earlier civil rights lawsuits. Currently, the United States Justice Department is investigating the police office.
“They have to prove my client had a specific intent to deprive Eric Garner of a federally protected constitutional right,” Stuart London, his lawyer, told the Daily News. “Based on all the pertinent information I have, they don’t reach that threshold in this case.”
“The unbelievable part is this has not soured him one bit on doing law enforcement,” London said. “It hasn’t diminished his desire to help the citizens of this city.”
“Meanwhile, the Daily News points out that arrests in Staten Island’s 120th Precinct, where Pantaleo choked Garner, are down 26 percent following Eric Garner’s death. In addition, misdemeanor arrests are down 31 percent.
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