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A New York City police officer was convicted of a misdemeanor, felony strangulation, and misdemeanor assault after placing a resisting, intoxicated man in a chokehold during an arrest in the Bronx. The officer, who had previously been cited for similar misconduct, was sentenced to face up to seven years in prison and has been dismissed from the NYPD. The case was the first prosecuted under a 2020 law banning chokeholds and certain restraint methods introduced after George Floyd's death.
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