Press Release
QUEENS GRAND JURY DECLINES TO INDICT IN CHOKEHOLD CASE
September 14, 2021
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said today that a grand jury considering charges against former police officer David Afanador has found a no true bill and declined to indict.
The District Attorney had charged Afanador with using a chokehold on a man he arrested in Far Rockaway on June 21, 2020.
“While the law prohibits me from discussing the proceedings that took place in front of the grand jury, in the interest of transparency I am moving to have the minutes of the grand jury hearings unsealed,” DA Katz said.