A MAN DIES IN POLICE CUSTODY

After Eric Garner died in police custody last week on Staten Island, critics fixed their attention on the chokehold that an officer appeared to use to subdue him during a confrontation. But in the days since, as another video of the encounter emerged, the conduct of the two paramedics and two emergency medical technicians who responded has also come under considerable scrutiny. On Monday, the emergency medical workers were suspended without pay by their employer, the Richmond University Medical Center, as the hospital and the Fire Department — which coordinates emergency medical response citywide — review the incident.