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I'm not sure that's true. I think the police may just be advised against using it.
I'd want a jury to review this incident - there certainly was enough there for an indictment since there was actual video of the event taking place. I don't get it....
Yet the choking contributed to his death.
I'm not sure that's true. I think the police may just be advised against using it.
As did all of the other factors listed in the coroner's report. Absent those other factors then the brief use of force would not have been fatal.
Did you watch the video? You call that resisting arrest?
It is the policy for them not to use it and why? Because it's dangerous and can cause death.
Choke hold complaints against N.Y.C. police on the rise: report | Reuters
I have heard from news sources that it is true. Check it out.
As did all of the other factors listed in the coroner's report. Absent those other factors then the brief use of force would not have been fatal.
I don't know what disturbs me more -- the fact that the cop skates without even being charged, or the sickening implication by several here that Garner basically deserved to die for his token "resistance."
It's also odd that some of the same people eager to defend the officer are the same ones who complain incessantly about the heavy hand of government turning the U.S. into a police state.
I don't believe that anyone is saying that he deserved to die. What I'm seeing is that a lot of people think his death was an unfortunate accident which probably would have been avoidable if he'd simply complied with the lawful request of the police officers.
The arrest is consistent with the "Broken Windows" theory of law enforcement. The basic idea is that if you take care of the small things then the big things will be less likely to happen.
Your opinion of the events do not correspond with the video. It's enough for an indictment.
Just a guess, but perhaps the GJ had more to consider than just that video.
The, "choke hold", didn't kill him.
I agree - it was an accident. I don't see the police trying to kill this guy purposefully - and that is why there are laws such as negligent homicide and various levels of manslaughter on the books for just such an event. I'm not looking to nail this cop - only give him his day in court and let a jury decide if he just did his job or if he did his job badly and aiding in the death of a suspect. Reasonable no?
I really don't think that there needs to be a trial for everything that happens. The cops weren't even particularly rough with Garner. It's a tough break but there is just nothing there to claim inappropriate behavior by the cops.
....and a comment for New York lawmakers. If it is wildly profitable to go to North Carolina to buy cigarettes and then sell them on the street illegally then something is wrong with the tax law. The purpose, one would assume, is to discourage smoking. The outrageous tax won't discourage smoking. Smoking is a powerful addiction. It will only encourage the black market. Common sense should prevail.
Then thre are things so little they are barely worth worrying about, much much less snuffing out a life over.
Seems as though grand juries are allergic to indicting cops
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