Late Sunday, the man was hospitalized and receiving care, a spokeswoman for the public defender representing him said.A police spokesperson said earlier that he had been taken into custody, but it wasn't immediately clear what he had been arrested for. Neither the man nor the officer have been identified.Body camera video from the incident, which occurred in the Rockaway section of Queens, shows three men arguing with police before the apparent chokehold is used. One of them can be seen approaching the officers and saying, "You scared?" before one of the officers appears to tackle the man.A law enforcement source said the incident occurred after a 911 report that three men were harassing people and throwing objects at them. The officers tried to detain the man after he approached them with a bag, the source said.The City Council passed an anti-chokehold law Thursday to criminalize the use of the maneuver, which the police department banned in 1993, NBC New York reported. The measure adds to a state law signed this month that requires that officers be criminally charged if a chokehold results in injury or death.That bill was named for Eric Garner, the Staten Island man who was killed July 17, 2014, as he was being arrested for selling loose cigarettes. In a video of Garner's arrest, Officer Daniel Pantaleo can be seen putting Garner in a chokehold while he repeatedly says he can't breathe.New York City's law requires that officers be charged with a misdemeanor regardless of whether there's an injury, NBC New York reported.Sunday's incident occurred amid heightened tensions between police and protesters after the May 25 killing of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck. In demonstrations across the county that followed, protesters have demanded racial justice and systemic police reform.Speaking to MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt on Sunday, New York Attorney General Letitia James said her office is investigating claims that NYPD officers used overly aggressive tactics during those protests. She said her office received testimony from hundreds of people who described being injured or suffering trauma after officers used batons, tear gas and pepper spray.Shea, the police commissioner, is scheduled to address the department’s handling of those protests on Monday, James said.NYPD officer used an illegal chokehold on a black man this morning in Far Rockaway, NY — and only stopped because another cop realized they were being filme.
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) June 21, 2020
They choked him out... pic.twitter.com/SXZNnSbwDM