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Suspended NYPD Officer Arrested After Using Banned Chokehold

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   A New York City police officer was arrested Thursday on charges of
   strangulation and attempted strangulation after an incident last
   weekend alleged to have involved a banned chokehold.

   This is at least the second time officer David Afanador, 39, has faced
   criminal charges over the alleged use of excessive force.

   The first came in 2014, six weeks after the death of Eric Garner
   sparked nationwide outrage and protests against police violence.

   During the first incident, Afanador was recorded on video allegedly
   pistol-whipping a 16-year-old suspect, breaking two of the suspect's
   teeth. Afanador and his partner were acquitted of wrongdoing and
   returned to active duty in 2016.

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