Pantaleo

Proper noun

Meaning

Pantaleo (plural Pantaleos)

A surname.

Examples

A crowd gathered at the Staten Island location where Eric Garner was put in a fatal chokehold after a grand jury voted Wednesday not to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo. Source: Internet

It was a reference to Daniel Pantaleo, a New York City police officer who put a suspect, Eric Garner, in a chokehold before his death in 2014. Source: Internet

An AP story cited police union officials and the officer's lawyer as saying that Pantaleo used "a legal takedown move" because Garner was resisting arrest. Source: Internet

Garner's altercation with NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo was captured on cellphone video, unlike in Brown's case, where eyewitness accounts painted a spotty picture. Source: Internet

Garner, who had been stopped by Pantaleo and several other NYPD officers, including two sergeants, on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, was pronounced dead at a hospital. Source: Internet

New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo leaves his house in Staten Island, New York, in May last year. Source: Internet

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