John,

Officer Daniel Pantaleo was just fired for applying a prohibited, banned chokehold and maintaining it until Eric Garner died.

It took the NYPD more than five years after Eric Garner was murdered. The chokehold has been banned by the NYPD for 15 years. Pantaleo should've been fired the next day. Now, five years too late, they finally did their job.

But we’re already seeing huge pushback from police against the decision to fire Pantaleo. We need to set a precedent that police are not above the law – that violating their own policies and lying about it to cover up the truth will not be tolerated.

Now we are calling on the NYPD and Mayor de Blasio to immediately terminate every officer who repeatedly lied under oath on their reports about the actions of Daniel Pantaleo – add your name now.

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Pantaleo still hasn’t even been charged with a crime for the murder of Eric Garner. While it is not completely impossible, the former Staten Island District Attorney, the State Attorney General, the Governor, the Obama Administration, and the Trump administration all passed. It's highly unlikely.

Now, the New York City police union made a horrible statement about the decision to fire Pantaleo – even though he violated the NYPD policy, every politician refused to do anything about it, and an internal NYPD review board and NYPD judge decided to fire him. Here’s what they said:

“Police Commissioner O’Neill has made his choice: he has chosen politics and his own self-interest over the police officers he claims to lead. He has chosen to cringe in fear of the anti-police extremists, rather than standing up for New Yorkers who want a functioning police department.”

I am also told that Daniel Pantaleo and his union, the Sergeants Benevolent Association, are going to file an immediate grievance demanding that he get his job back and that he may actually sue for his pain and suffering.

It’s clear that these police groups think police should have a right to violate their own NYPD policy, murder innocent people, and lie about it – with no accountability and while getting to keep their jobs.

Help us send a message that police are not above the law. It’s time to terminate every officer who repeatedly lied under oath about the actions of Daniel Pantaleo – add your name now.

Thank you,

Shaun King