An NYPD cop lost 30 days’ pay for kneeling on the back of an emotionally disturbed Manhattan suspect as he cried out “I can’t breathe,” the Daily News has learned.
Officer Gabriel Perez-Ponce was penalized by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch in September after she agreed with the findings of an NYPD judge who earlier this year presided over a departmental trial prosecuted by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
Perez-Ponce’s partner, Of- ficer Cesar Mejia, retired before he too could face a depart- mental trial at NYPD headquarters at One Police Plaza in Lower Manhattan, according to the CCRB…