Press Release: PBA President: The Facts are Clear, Exonerate Pantaleo
The sixth day of the disciplinary trial of PO Daniel Pantaleo brought St. Louis’s Medical Examiner as an expert witness to the stand whose professional opinion is that Mr. Garner died of heart disease exacerbated by his interaction with police and not from a chokehold. Additionally, a retired NYPD Academy trainer testified that what he saw on the video was not a chokehold. Read the press release here. See broadcasting news about testimony given during this session of the trial: NBC 4, PIX 11, Fox 5, ABC 7, NY 1 and WNYC Radio; and focusing on the attendance of a staff member from the Dept. of Justice on News 12 Bronx and WMBC. Stories appeared in: Wall Street Journal, Post (instructor's testimony), Post (Pantaleo declines to testify), Newsday (union and family comments), Newsday (Garner could breathe), Gothamist.
Press Release: Experts: Pantaleo used NYPD-approved tactics; Garner died of heart disease, not chokehold.