Five years after his death, Eric Garner's family has been largely kept in the dark by the NYPD due to a police secrecy law that has clouded transparency in the case.
on criminal charges in December 2014. Meanwhile, the Justice Department has until July to decide whether to bring federal civil rights charges against Pantaleo.For New York City's Legal Aid Society, the nonindictment of Pantaleo in December 2014 served as a springboard to take legal action and begin efforts to repeal New York’s police secrecy law.
New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo leaves his house on May 13, 2019, in Staten Island, New York.The Legal Aid Society is the largest public defender organization in the country. In April, the group and dozens of other organizations called on New York Gov.
"So when the community of Saheed Vassell or the community of Eric Garner cannot be sure that the officer who killed someone on a sidewalk in plain public view will be held accountable, taken off the street, have the weapons removed and will be submitted to some accountability process — if that kind of assurance cannot be given to the public — it leads to a widespread feeling of public mistrust.
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