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'Obligation to act swiftly' seen on police discipline in NYC

by Associated Press
| June 22, 2020 6:27 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — The swift action of suspending a New York City police officer after he was seen on video putting a Black man in what officials say was a banned chokehold is a sign of “unprecedented times,” Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said Monday.

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