NYPD Officer Suspended Without Pay After Video Shows Use of Apparent Chokehold During Arrest

An officer with the New York Police Department was suspended on Sunday after a video emerged of him putting a man in an apparent chokehold during an arrest in Queens. The NYPD moved quickly to suspend David Afanador without pay after Sunday's confrontation on the boardwalk at Rockaway Beach in Queens. Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said Monday the swift action was a sign of “unprecedented times."