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NYPD Prepared For Riots As Decision Whether To Fire Officer In Eric Garner Death Is Announced

Hank Berrien

The New York Police Department was reportedly hunkered down and prepared for riots on Thursday, as the decision was to be announced as to whether Daniel Pantaleo, the officer involved in the 2014 death of Eric Garner, would be fired from his job.

According to The Daily Mail, “A police source said NYPD headquarters phoned borough commands this morning to prepare for the announcement, not wanting to issue a written directive for fear it would leak out. Hundreds of cops will be mobilized and stationed at various places, including in Staten Island, the New York borough where the fatal take down of Eric Garner occurred.”

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