Five Times NYPD Officers Were Caught On Camera Applying Illegal Chokeholds

Eric Garner — a Black Staten Island husband and father — was violently choked to death by New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers last month and the entire brutal altercation was caught on tape. Over the last few months, there have been several high profile incidents involving NYPD officers using illegal chokeholds and excessive force. But despite the prohibition against chokeholds, the police union have slammed the official autopsy report of Garner’s death calling it “political,” and accused Mayor Bill de Blasio, the press, and civil rights groups of distorting the facts. The police union wants to blame everyone including Garner who is the victim of abusive policing to distract from the real facts and issues. Which are: ‪#‎BrokenWindows‬ and discriminatory policing has real and deadly consequences and chokeholds have been illegal in NYC for 20 years. While you may have heard about the tragic police killing of Eric Garner, here are four other brutal encounters with police that you should know about.

1. NYPD ILLEGAL CHOKEHOLD IN SUBWAY

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Just days before NYPD officers choked Eric Garner to death in Staten Island, officers were caught on camera administering an illegal chokehold to subdue a suspect in Harlem followed by several devastating closed-fist punches to the young man's face.

2. NYPD DELIVER DEVASTATING CHOKEHOLD AND HEAD STOMP ON HANDCUFFED MAN

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36-year-old NYPD Officer Joel Edouar, was placed on modified desk duty after being caught on camera kicking Jahmill-El Cuffee in the head. Officers can also be seen on camera administering an illegal chokehold on the 32-year-old man.

3. NAKED BROOKLYN GRANDMOTHER DRAGGED FROM APARTMENT, LEFT TOPLESS IN HALLWAY BY NYPD

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A 48-year-old Brooklyn grandmother -- Denise Stewart -- opened her Brownsville apartment door to NYPD officers after they alleged they heard shouting coming from inside her home. When Stewart -- who was wearing only a towel -- tried to close the door, cops yanked her into the hallway, naked. Stewart and another daughter, Diamond Stewart, 20, were later charged with assault.

4. PREGNANT WOMAN PUT IN CHOKEHOLD BY NYPD OFFICER

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27-year-old Rosan Miller, who is 7 months pregnant woman was put in a chokehold by an NYPD officer on a public sidewalk. In the images, the officer can be seen choking Miller and and attempting to restrain her without caution. Miller, her husband, Moses Miller, and her brother, John Miller all ended up being arrested in the incident.

5. STATEN ISLAND FATHER CHOKED TO DEATH BY NYPD OFFICER

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Eric Garner can be seen in this video screaming out in pain, “I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe.”

BONUS: ERIC GARNER KILLED BY ILLEGAL NYPD CHOKEHOLD

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This video offers a different angle and shows the immediate aftermath of Eric Garner's death. Footage shows when the EMTs arrive. Neither the officers involved nor the EMTs provided Garner with CPR or medical care attention. They all just watched him die.