NYPD officer convicted of using chokehold banned after death of George Floyd0

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• August 14, 2026

NEW YORK — 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 the misdemeanor established in the law that was passed after George Floyd ‘s killing, along with felony strangulation and misdemeanor assault,