Officer Pantaleo should have been fired 5 years ago. Justice delayed has been justice denied for the Garner family.
My heart goes out to Gwen Carr and the entire family for all the pain and loss that they have endured over the last 5 years.https://t.co/7gzkcq4ply
— Brad Lander (@bradlander) August 2, 2019
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Changes made to NYPD‘s use of force policies since they killed #EricGarner in 2014:
-weakened the ban on chokeholds
-weakened the ban on shooting at people in vehicles
-removed requirement to use “minimum force necessary”
-removed “deadly force will only be used as a last resort”— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) August 2, 2019
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I’ve reviewed use of force policies for over 150 police departments and haven’t seen any policy get *this much worse* since 2014. Most have stayed the same or been strengthened following reforms. NYPD is an outlier and the Mayor and Police Commissioner must be held accountable.
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) August 2, 2019
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Police chief apologizes to Alton Sterling’s family, agrees that the cop who killed him lied on application, shouldn’t have been hired, had long record of abuse.
He then let the cop resign instead of firing him…
…SO HE CAN WORK ELSEWHERE AS A COP.https://t.co/qNuQxHFzJZ
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) August 2, 2019
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Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul apologizes on behalf of the department for hiring the officer who killed Alton Sterling, whose July 2016 death spurred Black Lives Matter protests https://t.co/7ReH06whKO pic.twitter.com/KTLBqKcCif
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 1, 2019
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BRPD Chief Murphy Paul called Blane Salamoni, whom he fired for his role in the shooting of Alton Sterling, a "man who should have never, ever worn this uniform." He said that Salamoni did not disclose a prior arrest that would have prevented his hiring. https://t.co/kzKUQc8HUx
— The Advocate (@theadvocatebr) August 1, 2019