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FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2014, file photo, New York City police officer David Afanador leaves state court in New York following his arraignment on charges he pistol-whipped a 16-year-old boy during a marijuana bust, breaking two of his teeth. Afanador, who's been arrested twice for alleged brutality was arrested again Sunday, March 21, 2021, after police on Long Island say he fired a pistol into the Atlantic Ocean while off duty. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Police: NYPD officer in hot water shoots at Atlantic Ocean

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

In this photo taken from police body cam video, New York Police officers arrest a man on a boardwalk Sunday, June 21, 2020, in New York. New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea says a police officer was quickly suspended without pay after putting his arm around the man's neck because we are living in &quot;unprecedented times.&quot; Shea announced the suspension on Sunday just hours after the officer used what the commissioner called &quot;an apparent chokehold&quot; during a confrontation on a boardwalk in the Rockaway section of Queens. (NYPD via AP)

NYPD officer charged in swift test of state’s chokehold ban

By TOM HAYS and MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

In this photo taken from police body cam video, New York Police officers arrest a man on a boardwalk Sunday, June 21, 2020, in New York. New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea says a police officer was quickly suspended without pay after putting his arm around the man's neck because we are living in &quot;unprecedented times.&quot; Shea announced the suspension on Sunday just hours after the officer used what the commissioner called &quot;an apparent chokehold&quot; during a confrontation on a boardwalk in the Rockaway section of Queens. (NYPD via AP)

NYPD officer in ‘chokehold’ video is focus of criminal probe

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press