De Blasio heckled about Eric Garner during a live CNN town hall even though the mayor had called for and got Officer Pantaleo’s scalp
By Marisa Schultz and Julia Marsh
New York Post
August 26, 2019
Mayor Bill de Blasio was heckled during a CNN town hall event Sunday when a protester demanded action on the “other officers” involved in the arrest of Eric Garner.
“You waited five years and you did nothing,” activist Julianne Hoffenberg shouted while the mayor was speaking about last week’s firing of NYPD cop Daniel Pantaleo.
Hoffenberg mentioned other officers who attempted to detain Garner during the July 2014 incident — calling the tragic event a “cover-up.”
The cops — Lt. Christopher Bannon and patrol officers Mark Ramos, Craig Furlani and Justin Damico — have not been disciplined for their roles in the arrest.
Police Commissioner James O’Neill said on Monday that Pantaleo “can no longer effectively serve as a New York City police officer,” ending his career at the NYPD.
O’Neill was following up on a recommendation by the judge who presided over the officer’s departmental trial.
NYPD Sgt. Kizzy Adonis, who was the supervisor at the time of the event, was required last week to forfeit 20 vacation days as a disciplinary action for the arrest.
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