New York City has agreed to pay $75,000 to an African-American man who said he was placed in a police chokehold in 2013. Kevin Dennis-Palmer said he was approached by police while parallel parking outside his home in Brooklyn. When he could not get out of the car quickly due to his large frame, police tried to pull him through a window, pepper-sprayed him, slammed him to the ground and placed him in a chokehold while he yelled, “I can’t breathe.” The case closely mirrors that of Eric Garner, an African-American man killed in Staten Island when police placed him in a chokehold and and pinned him down. He said “I can’t breathe” 11 times. The New York City Council is considering a bill that would make police chokeholds a misdemeanor, but New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has said he would veto it.