Why cops actually fixed chokehold victim mom’s car

A Staten Island police boss said Monday his cops fixed a broken headlight for the mother of police chokehold victim Eric Garner for "good community relations" — but sources said he gave the order to prevent a new wave of fury from the Rev. Al Sharpton.

Assistant Chief Edward Delatorre sat down with angry union delegates hours after The Post exposed the preferential treatment Gwen Carr got following her routine traffic stop.

"He says he's sympathetic to the mom because she lost her son and he's calling it 'good community relations,' " one law-enforcement source said.

Sources said that Delatorre "wanted to appease her and not make it look like the cops were targeting her" — and short-circuit "the Sharpton factor."

"We don't need him disrespecting cops with another rally," a source said of the firebrand preacher and Garner family adviser, who in August led thousands of protesters on an anti-cop march in Staten Island.

In other developments related to the "Stop and Fix" scandal:

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  Photographers found this October 2nd edition of the Post in the back of Carr's minivan.Photo: Dennis A. Clark

  Sources said the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau was probing Delatorre, who could face a departmental charge of "engaging in conduct prejudicial to good order, efficiency or discipline of the department."

The NYPD Patrol Guide also prohibits "rendering any service for private interest, which interferes with proper performance of duty.

• Outrage mounted among the department's rank-and-file, with one Staten Island cop calling the situation "totally nuts" and saying it makes it look like the NYPD "bent over backwards for this woman whose son died in police custody."

"That's a no-no. Makes us look bad," the cop added.

• A peek inside Carr's 2006 Kia Sedona minivan revealed a copy of The Post from Oct. 2 with the front page headline "POPE AL" — referring to Sharpton's 60th birthday party on the same night as the Catholic Church's annual Al Smith Dinner.

A photo of Sharpton shaking hands with Gov. Cuomo also was visible on a back seat.

• Mayor de Blasio's office refused to weigh in on the controversy, ducking questions about whether the fixed headlight was an appropriate use of NYPD resources.

• A Staten Island grand jury is still reviewing evidence in Garner's July 17 death, which the Medical Examiner's Office ruled a homicide caused by "chokehold" during his arrest for illegally selling loose cigarettes.

Cops fixed a broken headlight on Carr's minivan to allegedly avoid Al Sharpton's wrath.Photo: Dennis A. Clark

In a statement issued through Sharpton's National Action Network, Carr — who has a pending $75 million suit against the city over her son's death — claims the help was unsolicited.

"I have never made any special requests of the NYPD," said Carr, who didn't stop the officers who came to her house from changing a front headlight to help her avoid a $150 ticket.

She also was given the necessary paperwork to prove it was repaired within the required 24 hours.

A lieutenant and sergeant were given the order from a captain, whom Delatorre instructed to help the woman after she was issued the ticket on Oct. 21.

Carr denied having Delatorre's number, but sources confirmed Monday he gave it to her following her son's death.

During Monday's meeting inside the 122nd Precinct headquarters on Staten Island, Delatorre admitted that he contacted Capt. Alan Larson of the Staten Island Task Force upon learning about Carr's run-in with the law, sources said.

That set off a chain reaction that ended with Lt. Anthony Longobardi and the sergeant buying a $25 bulb, then heading over to Carr's home and installing it.

Delatorre insisted during the meeting that he didn't get involved with the details — and that Carr's situation was relayed to him via a community board member, sources said.

But Louis Turco, president of the Lieutenants Benevolent Association, said Longobardi "was emphatically given the order by Capt. Larson to go fix that light bulb."

"That was an order that came down from Chief Delatorre. He was given the order, and he did it," Turco said.

He added: "I believe this is an improper use of manpower to go fix light bulbs. You're taking resources off the street to go fix light bulbs."

Delatorre wouldn't comment.

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