The NYPD banned chokeholds in 1993, but just because NYPD made NYPD illegal chokeholds doesnt mean police officers stopped using it. Please see NYPD .\rbr\rbrNew York City police officers killed a man Thursday after he had broken up a fight between two other men, insisting on placing him in a chokehold and slamming .\rbr\rbrThe recent killing of Eric Garner — a man killed by NYPD Officers while using an illegal chokehold to restrain him— is just apiece in a larger puzzle of .\rbr\rbr43-year old Eric Garner dead after police allegedly use excessive force. Advocates and family members are demanding answers following the death of a man .