Imagine if the cop was dead and it took the DA 4-5 years to bring the accused to trial?
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc...story.html
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc...story.html
Quote:The Staten Island cop accused of using a banned chokehold on Eric Garner will soon have his day in court.
More than four years after his involvement in one of the most sensational incidents in city history, Officer Daniel Pantaleo is set to appear at a departmental trial to fight the charge that he used a chokehold on Eric Garner, whose death after repeatedly gasping “I can’t breathe” was captured on video and sparked worldwide outrage.
Pantaleo will be in the NYPD trial room at One Police Plaza on Dec. 6 — but his appearance will likely be short, with his lawyer and a prosecutor discussing evidentiary issues and other matters by a department trials commissioner, sources said.
Pantaleo’s actual trial, which could cost him his job, will almost certainly not start until early next year.