NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The New York Police Department tells CBS2 they’ve filed departmental charges against the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner. 
 
 A police spokesman says disciplinary charges were presented to Officer Daniel Pantaleo on Friday just days after the NYPD gave the U.S. Justice Department an ultimatum; if federal investigators don’t take action on the case by the end of August police brass will step in. 
 
 A police watchdog agency, the Civilian Complaint Review Board, will prosecute Panteleo. 
 
 Earlier this week Garner’s surviving family held a rally outside City Hall calling for justice on the fourth anniversary of his death. 
 
 Garner, who had asthma, is heard in the video gasping, “I can’t breathe.” He was pronounced dead at a hospital. The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide caused in part by the chokehold. 
 
 A grand jury declined to indict Pantaleo and the Justice Department launched a civil rights investigation. Garner’s death became another rallying cry in the Black Lives Matter movement. 
 
 The Police Benevolent Association says it hopes the NYPD’s eagerness doesn’t mean an outcome has already been decided. The PBA says it is confident that Officer Pantaleo will be vindicated. 
 
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 The NYPD announced on Monday that it will allow disciplinary proceedings to go forward against a patrolman accused in the notorious chokehold death of an unarmed black man, saying it's run out of patience with federal authorities' indecision about whether to bring a criminal case. Ray Villeda reports. 
 
 What to Know Officer Daniel Pantaleo has been served with departmental charges in connection to the Eric Garner case, a law enforcement source said 
 
 The NYPD is proceeding with disciplinary proceedings nearly four years after Garner died, despite lack of federal action 
 
 Garner was killed in a confrontation with NYPD officers in 2014; His dying words, "I can't breathe," became a slogan for Black Lives Matter 
 
 A police officer has been served with departmental charges in connection to the Eric Garner case, a law enforcement source said Saturday. 
 
 Daniel Pantaleo was served with the charges on Friday, the source told NBC 4 New York on the condition of anonymity because state civil rights law prevents the disclosure of an officer’s personnel record without judicial approval. 
 
 The NYPD announced this week, nearly four years after Garner’s death, that it would allow disciplinary proceedings to go forward against the patrolman accused in the notorious chokehold death. The NYPD said it had run out of patience with federal authorities’ indecision about whether to bring a criminal case. 
 
 A pointed letter from the NYPD's top lawyer informed the U.S. Department of Justice of an administrative case that could result in dismissal for Pantaleo because "there is no end in sight" to the federal probe. 
 
 The Administrative Prosecution Unit (APU) of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, a police watchdog, will prosecute the case regarding Pantaleo, while the NYPD Department Advocate will prosecute Sgt. Kizzy Adonis. 
 
 A lawyer for Pantaleo, who's been on paid desk duty, previously said in a statement, "We are looking forward to our day in court to be vindicated." 
 
 Garner, 43, was accused of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes when he was stopped by police on Staten Island on July 17, 2014, and refused to be handcuffed. Pantaleo is seen on a widely watched cell phone video putting Garner in an apparent chokehold, which is banned under NYPD policy. 
 
 The heavyset victim, who had asthma, is heard gasping, "I can't breathe." He was pronounced dead at a hospital. The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide caused in part by the chokehold. 
 
 Garner's death sparked angry protests about the treatment of black men and boys at the hands of white police officers. 
 
 Garner’s family received $5.9 million from the city in 2015 to settle a wrongful death claim. A state probe ended without criminal charges. 

 NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department has begun disciplinary proceedings against a white officer accused in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man who gasped, "I can't breathe." 
 
 A police spokesman says departmental charges were presented Friday to Officer Daniel Pantaleo. 
 
 NYPD officials had said they'd start the disciplinary process against Pantaleo in Eric Garner's July 2014 death, which sparked protests about police treatment of black people. The officials had been waiting to see whether federal prosecutors would bring criminal charges but decided to move forward. 
 
 A police watchdog agency called the Civilian Complaint Review Board will prosecute Pantaleo. 
 
 Pantaleo appears on a cellphone video putting Garner in an apparent chokehold, which is banned under NYPD policy. 
 
 Pantaleo's lawyer says he used a takedown move taught by the police department and expects to be vindicated after trial.
– The New York Police Department has begun disciplinary proceedings against a white officer nearly four years after he was accused in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man who gasped, "I can't breathe." A police spokesman says departmental charges were presented Friday to Officer Daniel Pantaleo regarding the July 2014 death of Eric Garner, the AP reports. Police officials had been waiting to see whether federal prosecutors would bring criminal charges but decided to move forward. In a sharp letter, the NYPD's senior lawyer told the Justice Dept. about a disciplinary case that could get Pantaleo dismissed because "there is no end in sight" in the federal investigation, reports NBC New York. A police watchdog agency called the Civilian Complaint Review Board will prosecute Pantaleo, who has had a paid desk job since Garner's death. A grand jury declined to prosecute Pantaleo in 2014, notes CBS New York, and the Justice Dept. launched a civil rights probe that apparently never came to fruition. Pantaleo appears on a cellphone video putting Garner in an apparent chokehold, which is banned under NYPD policy, but Pantaleo's lawyer says he used a takedown move taught by the police department and expects to be vindicated after trial. Garner's death became a rallying cry for protests about police department treatment of black people.