in a decision being made police commissioner firing daniel pant lay owe, the officer seen on video giving a choke hold to eric garner in 2014, essentially that ended his life. it was emotional for the police commissioner as he said he s been a cop for 34 years and now he s in this position of administrative role where he had to make a final decision knowing that the rank and file were not going to be happy with it. carrying out the court s verdict in this case, i take no pleasure. there are no victors here today. not the garner family, not the community at large, ask certainly not the gray krai jous men and women of the police department. his decision is in agreement with the trial judge who decided that the officer needed to be dismissed from his duties. the incident surrounding eric garner sparked and put a spotlight on the black lives
and certainly know that you have to take all the precautions if there is a watch or warning. also, it s going to be very warm across the southern u.s. we will keep you up to date. all right, my friends, thank you for coming back inside to pete, newly married pete and brian. oh, brian, just brian. brian: janice, i m getting reports it s going to be warm because it s summer. i m going to follow up on that. [laughter] nothing gets by you man. brian: rrnl perfect person i haven t introduced yet. officer accused in the death of eric garner was fired yesterday. clear that daniel pant lay owe can no longer serve as a new york city police officer. i know that many will disagree with this decision and that is their right there are absolutely no victors here today. i have been a cop for a long time. if i was still a cop i would probably be mad at me, i would, for not looking out for us but i am.
process that anybody would want somebody to go through. he went through two different courts and found not guilty. but, in the court of public opinion, he is guilty and to satisfy the hoards of all the people out there that wanted more, they want blood. they want blood. so, the firing came. ainsley: joe, what happened here? why did he get fired? because in the court of public opinion all right he was guilty. pete: political opinion. de blasio and his whole crew there and o neil works for de blasio. ainsley: he is the commissioner. he is the commissioner. he wants his job. he does what he could say he had the final say. he didn t have the final say. that came right from the mayor. directly from the mayor. and can he sugar coat it any way he wants, all right? this is a wrongful firing. pete: you mentioned nypd police commissioner james o neil. here is what he said about this firing. it s clear that daniel pant lay owe can no longer
cool. griff: let you know, too. if the a s were far in talks or whether he wasn t getting the attention he wanted so puts this up on twitter and tweets at him oh by the way look at this. jedediah: i feel like i would be a solid 25. pete piatt you got 40 in you at least. jedediah: we will try it out one day. turn to headlines for you now. the officer accused of using a in the death of eric garner will fight to keep his job. the officer for daniel pant lay owe making remarks after a judge recommended he would be fired. pat lynch rebuked the judge s recommendation. decision passed down today saying that this police officer was reckless is ludicrous. the officer is suspended pending a final decision by the nypd commissioner. and a college professor is comparing president trump to former venezuelan president hugo chavez. in an interview about his new book, the union college educator said, quote, chavez