NYPD Commissioner has ordered all of the city’s 35,000 officers to be retrained in how they use force following the ‘chokehold’ death of Eric Garner.
Eric Garner died after being put in an illegal chokehold, a crucial fact officers on the scene seemingly forgot.
After the video of Staten Island resident Eric Garner being put in a chokehold by police went viral, many have spoken out against NYPD's police brutality.
After the death of Eric Garner, four emergency workers who responded to the scene have now been suspended without pay.
Eric Garner, 43, told NYPD repeatedly he couldn't breathe as they tried to arrest him.