proceedings. members of the public in general and mr. garner s family in particular have grown understandably impatient. the trial began on may 13th, 2019. july 16th, 2019, one day before the five-year statute of limitations expired, the justice department announced it would not file federal charges against officer pantaleo. then on august 2nd, 2019 with officer pantaleo s trial concluded, the trial commissioner ruled that officer pantaleo s use of a prohibited choke hold was reckless and constituted a grove deviation from the standard of conduct established for a new york city police officer. after noting that officer pantaleo admitted that choke holds are pro hiblted by the department, she further concluded with strongly worded and repeated warnings about the potential lethal effects of choke holds found throughout multiple sections of the training materials, it is evident that the department made
requests of the nypd, asking us to delay our civil rights internal process until their investigation was complete. from one administration to the next with no action by federal prosecutors and so on july 21st, 2018, we decided to begin nypd proceedings. members of the public in general and mr. garner s family in particular have grown understandably impatient. the trial began may 13th, 2019. july 16th, 2019, one day before the five-year statute of limitations expired, the justice department announced it would not file federal charges against officer pantaleo. then on august 2nd, 2019, with officer pantaleo s nypd trial concluded, trials commissioner maldon maldonado concluded that use of chokehold was reckless and constituted a gross deviation from the standard of conduct established for a new york city