2020-06-11 | Buffalo officials ask state to re-examine 2008 firing of black police officer who stopped white officer's chokehold | TheHill
'The resolution approved by the Buffalo City Council asks state Attorney General Letitia James (D) to review the case. '
'Buffalo, N.Y., city council members on Tuesday voted to reopen the case of a police officer fired in 2008 after she intervened to prevent another officer from applying a chokehold on a suspect. '
'Police neck restraints in general and the Buffalo Police Department in general have been front and center in recent debates over policing. '
'A spokesperson for James told The Hill the attorney general's office declined to comment "at the moment."'
'In 2006, Cariol Horne, who is black, jumped on white officer Gregory Kwiatkowski’s back to prevent him from harming David Mack, the black suspect he had in the hold. '
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'The resolution approved by the Buffalo City Council asks state Attorney General Letitia James (D) to review the case. '
'Buffalo, N.Y., city council members on Tuesday voted to reopen the case of a police officer fired in 2008 after she intervened to prevent another officer from applying a chokehold on a suspect. '
'Police neck restraints in general and the Buffalo Police Department in general have been front and center in recent debates over policing. '
'A spokesperson for James told The Hill the attorney general's office declined to comment "at the moment."'
'In 2006, Cariol Horne, who is black, jumped on white officer Gregory Kwiatkowski’s back to prevent him from harming David Mack, the black suspect he had in the hold. '
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