91.5 Chapel Hill 88.9 Manteo 90.9 Rocky Mount 91.1 Welcome 91.9 Fayetteville 90.5 Buxton 94.1 Lumberton 99.9 Southern Pines 89.9 Chadbourn

N.Y. Man's Death Prompts Police Introspection On Use Of Force

Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio

Funeral services are being held for Eric Garner, a New York City man who died in police custody last week in Staten Island. A video of the incident shows one officer using an apparent chokehold on Garner before he died. The incident is prompting the New York Police Department to rethink how it trains all its officers in the use of force.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Email
Joel Rose is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk. He covers immigration and breaking news.
More Stories
  1. WHO Points To Wildlife Farms In Southern China As Likely Source Of Pandemic
  2. Biden Has Options To Leverage Trump's Sanctions On Iran
  3. 'Why Are We Playing College Basketball Right Now?': NCAA And COVID-19
  4. One Of The Heaviest Snowstorms On Record Hits Rocky Mountains
  5. The Podcast 'Spectacle' Covers Reality TV, 1 Franchise At A Time