Well, Jimmy O'Neill gets to keep his badge. Pity it means more to him than the integrity of the New York Police Department he leads, in a manner of speaking.
The commissioner dropped the hammer on scapegoat-cop Daniel Pantaleo Monday, bringing an ostensible end to the city's five-year-long Eric Garner ordeal.
But it would be a mistake to think of the affair as concluded. In many important respects, it has just begun.
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