NYC mayor holds off approving police reform legislation following outrage from NYPD brass

This week’s delay comes after Police Commissioner Dermot Shea on Monday slammed the chokehold ban as “insane,” saying, “Police officers should not have to worry more about getting arrested than the person with the gun that they’re rolling around on the street with.”

NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan separately said police don’t object to being unable to use chokeholds, but to language that holds them culpable for “sitting, kneeling, or standing on the chest or back in a manner that compresses the diaphragm.”

The comments came after 11 people were killed and 53 others were injured in a horrifying spate of shootings over the Fourth of July weekend. Another individual was stabbed to death.