NYPD officer faces criminal charges after using illegal chokehold
According to a news release on Thursday, New York Police Department (NYPD) Officer David Afanador was charged with “attempted aggravated strangulation and strangulation in the second degree" after being caught on body camera video using a banned chokehold on Ricky Bellevue on June 21. Afanador is Hispanic. Bellevue is black.