Has policing changed since Eric Garner was killed? Here’s what a decade of data shows.

Chokehold allegations dropped off significantly in the years after Garner was killed. Jill Snider, a former NYPD officer and current adjunct lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said that’s because police acted with extra caution following Garner’s death.

“An officer’s career was hanging in the balance, someone died and people were not very favorable to the police,” she added.

Now, as arrests for low-level crimes increase under Mayor Eric Adams, so have reports of chokeholds. Snider said the recent uptick in allegations does not necessarily reflect more illegal behavior by police. Snider said people don’t know the difference between an illegal chokehold and takedown maneuver tactics that police use during arrests.