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NYPD Officer David Afanador to Face Strangulation Charges for Using Banned Chokehold

HeadlineJun 25, 2020

NBC reports an NYPD officer who was filmed using a banned chokehold on an African American man last Sunday will face second-degree strangulation charges. Officer David Afanador previously faced criminal charges after he repeatedly pistol-whipped a 16-year-old boy during a marijuana bust, sending the boy to the hospital with two broken teeth.

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