A NYPD officer is the first convicted under New York City's chokehold ban enacted after George Floyd's killing, facing up to seven years in prison.

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.

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – For the first time in New York City history, an NYPD officer has been found guilty by a grand jury under City statute 10-181 – unlawful restraint (a chokehold), according to ...

A New York City Police Department officer, Omar Habib, was found guilty on Thursday of felony strangulation and using a prohibited chokehold during an arrest in the Bronx, marking the first conviction ...

An NYPD cop was convicted by a Bronx jury Thursday of using an illegal chokehold on a suspect, the first time an officer has been tried since a local law prohibiting the tactic was enacted in the wake ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer who was the first prosecuted under a local law banning chokeholds and some other methods of restraint was convicted Thursday. Omar Habib was convicted of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer who was the first prosecuted under a local law banning chokeholds and some other ...