NYPD cop found guilty of chokehold in first conviction since restraint tactic banned after George Floyd death

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. NYPD Detectives' Endowment Association President Scott Munro criticizes the reported attempted use of NYPD detectives to secure Mamdani's wife, Rama Duwaji, during her personal travel to Syria, a country currently under a Level 4 travel advisory. A New York City Police Department officer was found guilty on Thursday of strangulation and using a prohibited chokehold, marking the first time an NYPD officer was convicted under the city's 2020 chokehold ban, enacted after the 2020 murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin. Omar Habib was convicted of the misdemeanor established under the law prohibiting certain restraint tactics by police officers. He was also found guilty of second-degree felony strangulation and third-degree misdemeanor assault. The felony strangulation conviction carries a maximum sentence of seven years in pr