NYPD Sergeant Kizzy Adonis has received internal disciplinary charges for her involvement with Eric Garner’s death. Adonis, who is Black, is the first person to face charges in the case. She faces four counts of “failure to supervise” charges.
The police department is still conducting a federal investigation, so Adonis’s case will not begin until that is complete. But the department faced a Jan. 17 deadline to file charges due to an 18-month statute of limitations for filing administrative charges.
Police confronted Garner, 43, for selling loose cigarettes in Staten Island on July 17, 2014. He died following the use of an illegal chokehold by Officer Daniel Pantaleo. Garner was unarmed at the time of his death.
