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In this May 13, 2019, file photo New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo leaves his house in Staten Island, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Daniel Pantaleo fired by NYPD for Eric Garner’s death

By Jeff Mordock and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this May 13, 2019, file photo, New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo leaves his house in Staten Island, N.Y. Time is running out for federal prosecutors to take action in the 2014 death of Eric Garner, the unarmed black man heard on video crying &quot;I can't breathe&quot; after Pantaleo put him in an apparent chokehold. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

Daniel Pantaleo recommended for termination from NYPD for Eric Garner’s death

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this May 13, 2019, file photo, New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo leaves his house in Staten Island, N.Y. Time is running out for federal prosecutors to take action in the 2014 death of Eric Garner, the unarmed black man heard on video crying &quot;I can't breathe&quot; after Pantaleo put him in an apparent chokehold. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

The Latest: Officer in chokehold death case is ‘gratified’

Associated Press

New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo leaves his house Monday, May 13, 2019, in Staten Island, N.Y. A long-delayed disciplinary trial is set to begin Monday for Pantaleo, accused of using a banned chokehold in the July 2014 death of Eric Garner. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

NYPD officer says he inflated charge against Eric Garner

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

In this Thursday May 9, 2019 photo, Gwen Carr, left, mother of Eric Garner- an unarmed black man who died as he was being subdued in a chokehold by police officer Daniel Pantaleo nearly five years ago, speak during a press conference after leaving court in New York. A judge cleared the way for a police disciplinary trial to begin next week for Pantaleo in the death of Garner, after rejecting his claim that a police watchdog agency didn't have jurisdiction to prosecute the case. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Cries of brutality, scapegoating in ‘I can’t breathe’ death

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

Oregon state Sen. Dennis Linthicum, R-Klamath Falls, poses in his office in the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., Friday, Feb. 8, 2019. Linthicum is accused of racism by a fellow lawmaker for referencing the death of Eric Garner, a black man killed in New York by police using a chokehold, in a statement opposing cigarette taxes and using Garner's last words: &quot;I can't breathe.&quot; (AP Photo/AndrewSelsky)

Senator criticized for linking man’s death to tobacco taxes

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press

Eric Garner's daughter Erica Garner, center is joined by his mother Gwen Carr, left, second from left, daughter Emerald Snipes, second from right, and wife Esaw Snipes, as she speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, July 14, 2015, in New York. The family of Garner, a black man who died after being placed in a white police officer's chokehold, discussed the $5.9 million settlement it reached with the city days before the anniversary of his death. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Eric Garner’s daughter realizes she was a pawn in Clinton campaign

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Editorial cartoonist Bill Garner joined The Washington Times in 1983, not long after the newspaper was founded. His drawings found new ways to deal with the biggest stories of the day. (Maya Alleruzzo/The Washington Times)

Bill Garner, longtime Washington Times cartoonist, dies at 79

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Actor Ben Affleck and wife actress Jennifer Garner attended the 2nd Annual Save the Children Illumination Gala in New York on Nov. 19, 2014. The couple have decided to divorce after 10 years of marriage, they announced in a joint statement Tuesday, June 30, 2015. The statement notes that the decision comes after careful consideration and that they will stay committed to co-parenting their three children, Violet Affleck, Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck and Samuel Garner Affleck. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck say they’re getting a divorce

By Sandy Cohen - Associated Press

Benjamin Carr, stepfather of Eric Garner, talks on the phone and to reporters after a grand jury's decision not to indict a New York police officer involved in Garner's death, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, in the Staten Island borough of New York. The decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo added to the tensions that have simmered in the city since Garner's death on July 17. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Daniel Pantaleo, officer who took down Eric Garner: I ‘never used a chokehold’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Mark Herron

RUSTY HUMPHRIES: Liberal Bully of the Week: The Nanny State

By Rusty Humphries

Benjamin Carr, relative of Eric Garner, leaves the district attorney's office after a grand jury's decision not to indict a New York police officer involved in the death of Garner, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, in the Staten Island borough of New York. A video shot by an onlooker and widely viewed on the Internet showed the 43-year-old Garner telling a group of police officers to leave him alone as they tried to arrest him. The city medical examiner ruled Garner's death a homicide and found that a chokehold contributed to it. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Eric Garner chokehold death: N.Y. officer won’t face charges

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

File - A large group yells out at a rally to protest the death of Eric Garner, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, in the Staten Island borough of New York. Amid the fallout from a grand jury's decision in the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Missouri, a panel in New York City is quietly nearing its own conclusion about another combustible case involving the death of an unarmed man at the hands of police. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

NYC panel nears decision on police chokehold death

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

Illustration on the effects of cigarette taxation by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

McQUILLAN: Lessons from Eric Garner’s death and cigarette taxes

By Lawrence J. McQuillan

FILE - Actor James Garner is shown in character in this April 7, 1982 file photo. Actor James Garner, wisecracking star of TV's &quot;Maverick&quot; who went on to a long career on both small and big screen, died Saturday July 19, 2014 according to Los Angeles police. He was 86. (AP Photo/NBC, File)

HARPER: A liberal star who embodied conservative values

By Christopher Harper

FILE - Actor James Garner, left, smiles as he holds up the Purple Heart medal presented to him in a ceremony in this Monday, Jan. 24, 1983 file photo taken Los Angeles, Calif. Garner was wounded in April 1951 while with U.S. Forces in Korea, but his medal was never presented to him. Actor James Garner, wisecracking star of TV's &quot;Maverick&quot; who went on to a long career on both small and big screen, died Saturday July 19, 2014 according to Los angeles police. He was 86. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)

Film, TV legend James Garner, reluctant hero, dies

By Frazier Moore - Associated Press

FILE - Veteran actor James Garner, seen in 2009 file photo taken in Los Angeles, stars as RJR Nabisco CEO F. Ross Johnson in the upcoming HBO film &quot;Barbarians at the Gate&quot;. Actor James Garner, wisecracking star of TV's &quot;Maverick&quot; who went on to a long career on both small and big screen, died Saturday July 19, 2014 according to Los angeles police. He was 86. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Police: Movie, TV legend James Garner dies at 86

By Lynn Elber - Associated Press