New York judge reverses firing of officer who fought colleague over chokehold
by Richard Luscombe from on (#5GMEG)
Cariol Horne's pension and benefits reinstated after her dismissal for stopping use of dangerous restraint against suspect
A judge in New York has overturned the firing of a long-serving Black former police officer who fought with a white colleague as he placed a suspect in a chokehold.
State supreme court judge Dennis Ward praised Cariol Horne's intervention during the 2006 incident, which led to her dismissal by the City of Buffalo two years later and a lengthy legal fight for compensation.
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