NYPD officer convicted of using chokehold banned after death of George Floyd
The conviction is the first under New York City’s chokehold ban, and the officer faces up to seven years in prison.
- On Thursday, a Bronx jury convicted NYPD Officer Omar Habib of second-degree strangulation, third-degree assault, and using an unlawful method of restraint, marking the first prosecution under a local law banning police chokeholds.
- Responding to a 911 call at a Bronx catering hall in 2023, Habib placed Lord Nyamaah in a chokehold during an arrest for criminal mischief, according to Assistant District Attorney Michael Naughton.
- Naughton argued the chokehold was "unprovoked" and "unnecessary," lasting over 20 seconds, while defense attorney Jacob Weinstein countered the officer "did exactly what he should have done" under difficult circumstances.
- Habib has been dismissed from the New York Police Department and faces up to seven years in prison; Bronx Criminal Supreme Court Judge Cynthia Isales ordered him held without bail.
- Patrick Hendry, president of the Police Benevolent Association, called the verdict "further proof of a grim reality" for officers; Habib had previously been placed on probation for a similar chokehold incident several years ago.
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NYPD cop found guilty of chokehold in first conviction since restraint tactic banned after George Floyd death
A NYPD officer was convicted of strangulation and using a prohibited chokehold in the Bronx, marking the first conviction under the city's post-George Floyd ban.
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NYPD officer convicted of using chokehold banned after death of George Floyd
A New York City police officer who was the first prosecuted under a post-George Floyd local law that bans chokeholds and other unlawful methods of restraint has been convicted.
NYPD cop found guilty of strangulation, using prohibited chokehold on arrested man: DA
Officer Omar Habib was fired from the ranks after a grand jury convicted him of wrapping his arms around an arrested man’s neck, causing him to lose consciousness in 2023, according to authorities and prosecutors.
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