Cases in which police officers were charged in deaths
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July 17, 2019
Federal prosecutors said they aren't bringing criminal charges against a white New York City police officer in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, a black man whose dying words — "I can't breathe" — became a rallying cry for those protesting how police treat black suspects.
However, prosecutors in other cases in recent years have decided to bring charges against officers. A look at some of those:
JASON VAN DYKE
A jury convicted Officer Jason Van Dyke of second-degree murder in October in the 2014 fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald. He was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison. The whit...
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