NYPD cop found guilty of strangulation, using prohibited chokehold on arrested man: DA

Officer Omar Habib was fired from the ranks after a grand jury convicted him of wrapping his arms around an arrested man’s neck, causing him to lose consciousness in 2023, according to authorities and prosecutors.

Officer Omar Habib was fired from the ranks after a grand jury convicted him of wrapping his arms around an arrested man’s neck, causing him to lose consciousness in 2023, according to authorities and prosecutors.