So, when this REPORTER said the man died from the “choke hold” you believe him? I have news for you, the liberal media sees any touching of a minority as a reason to foment racial division.
I’m going to tell you what is going to happen with this video.
It actually favors the officers.
This guy was committing a crime in the People’s Republic of New York. The officers clearly talk to him about it and at one point they move in to arrest him. The man resists. Resisting arrest is a crime. They take him down to the ground with a neck restraint and the guy has a heart attack.
It did not look to me that this guy was choked unconscious. The officers initial positioning with his arm around the guys neck was not the best but no way did he use enough force there, or was capable of crushing his windpipe with that hold.
Putting someone in a neck restraint hold is also different than choking someone unconscious. When they were on the ground you will notice the officers choking elbow is pointing the same direction as the suspects chin. The pressure then, if any was applied, is along the side of the throat which makes it impossible to damage someones windpipe.
This is what is referred to as the Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint taught by Kansas City PD. I believe that if you take this course, and thousands of cops have, you have to be choked out yourself.
I took Judo for 10 years and have been choked more times that I can count. I was never injured.
Do you want the cops to stop arresting people if the people resist arrest? Remember, people have died from all forms of arrest, pepper spray and Tazer.
If you don’t want cops to try to arrest someone who is resisting, just say so. That can be extended I suppose to people who assault the cops (some cops have also died from combative confrontations) as well, if they are resisting or combative just run away.
If you want to do away with all cops, that’s fine with me too, just say it. Don’t let your hatred of cops blur your common sense.
I do not hate cops. I hate what cops like this tatted up gangsta do to people. Like killing this guy. For selling a cigarette for a quarter. Or shooting somebody's dog for the hell of it.
I hate the thin blue line that defends actions that would make a NAZI puke. I hate the lack of accountability. I hate Police unions that keep thugs on the force.
Read the comments on the news source these threads are based on. I have company.
A man who died after a New York City police officer took him to the ground in a chokehold appeared to have little damage to his neck and trachea, according to preliminary autopsy results, a law enforcement source said, but that may not be enough to keep him from being disciplined or even facing criminal charges.http://abcnews.go.com/US/nypd-cops-chokehold-caused-injury-mans-throat/story?id=24640347