Report Shows NYPD Chokehold Cops Rarely Face Serious Discipline
Andy Cush · 01/12/15 07:21PM
The NYPD Inspector General—the much-discussed independent regulatory office that New York's City Council voted into existence in 2013—released its first-ever report today, and unsurprisingly, it's all about chokeholds. The IG's equally unsurprising findings: cops use the banned move too quickly, too often, and are rarely properly punished for it.