Eric Garner Police Killing: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Announces Retraining of Entire NYC Police Force

The Latin Post ^ | December 4, 2014 | Roberto Ontiveros

[2ndDivisionVet]

In the wake of a Staten Island grand jury's failure to indict New York police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, mayor Bill de Blasio has announced the initiation of a retraining program for the entire New York City police force.

Eric Garner died as a result of neck compression from a chokehold that is banned by the New York City Police Department.

Bill de Blasio spoke on Wednesday night about the personal feelings he had tied with the grand jury's decision not to indict officer Panteleo, bringing up the painful talks he and his wife Chirlane have had with their black teenage son, Dante, whom they have cautioned on how to behave when encountering the police.

"I've had to worry over the years, Chirlane has had to worry: Is Dante safe each night?" said mayor de Blasio, as quoted in an AP article.

"And not just from some of the painful realities of crime and violence in some of our neighborhoods," he continued, “but safe from the very people they want to have faith in as their protectors."

“People need to know that black lives and brown lives matter as much as white lives,” said de Blasio.

Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, as reported in the New York Times, has stated that the retraining program which will begin this month would require some 22,000 officers to complete a three-day course which will include "de-escalation” techniques. The program is modeled on the periodic required firearms retraining that all officers must undergo on a regular basis.

Following a night of protests over the grand jury declining to indict officer Pantaleo, Eric Holder, the U.S. Attorney General, has promised a full investigation into the officer's role in the choking death of the 43-year-old man.

According to Reuters, a departmental investigation will most likely focus on whether Pantaleo indeed employed a chokehold that is banned by New York Police Department.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I thought he died of a heart attack brought on by his asthma and morbid obesity... And what will three days of training for 22,000 people cost? And does he really want us to believe that the child of the most powerful mayor in the USA is in danger?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Ah, the return of the 1970s! The glory days of Nu Yawk!

"CAN YOU DIG IT!?" < /The Warriors >

[ImNotLying]

He’s going to get some police officers killed.....probably what he wants.

[himno hero]

He just completed a insurance sponsored sensitivity training course...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Can't blame the sergeant who was right there supervising the arrest.

That would be racist.

BLACK FEMALE Police Sergeant Supervised Eric Garner’s Deadly Arrest

[BCW]

Will the moslem police officers in NYPD be re-trained...???

[FreeReign]

Eric Garner died as a result of neck compression from a chokehold that is banned by the New York City Police Department.... According to Reuters, a departmental investigation will most likely focus on whether Pantaleo indeed employed a chokehold that is banned by New York Police Department.

Why would the NYPD need to investigate. Roberto Ontiveros of the Latin Post has already determined that it was a "banned chokehold".

[Rome2000]

To: Syncro

Supporters of Raila Odinga(BARAK OBAMAS FIRST COUSIN), the leading presidential challenger, rallied in Kibera, a slum near Nairobi.(According to the NY Times, this is a "rally")

Mr. Odinga’s (BARAK OBAMAS FIRST COUSIN, WHO HE CAMPAIGNED IN KENYA FOR)followers tried to march from Kibera to Nairobi.

A supporter of the presidential challenger Raila Odinga (OBAMAS FIRST COUSIN, WHO HE CAMPAIGNED FOR IN KENYA IN 2006) in Kibera, a sprawling slum near the capital, Nairobi.

Odinga supporters riot in December 2007(ODINGA IS BARAK OBMAMS FIRST COUSIN, OBAMA CAMPAIGNED FOR HIM IN KENYA IN 2006)

Supporters of Raila Odinga(BARAK OBAMAS FIRST COUSIN), the leading presidential challenger, rallied in Kibera, a slum near Nairobi.(According to the NY Times, this is a "rally")

Mr. Odinga’s (BARAK OBAMAS FIRST COUSIN, WHO HE CAMPAIGNED IN KENYA FOR)followers tried to march from Kibera to Nairobi.

A supporter of the presidential challenger Raila Odinga (OBAMAS FIRST COUSIN, WHO HE CAMPAIGNED FOR IN KENYA IN 2006) in Kibera, a sprawling slum near the capital, Nairobi.

Odinga supporters riot in December 2007(ODINGA IS BARAK OBMAMS FIRST COUSIN, OBAMA CAMPAIGNED FOR HIM IN KENYA IN 2006)

[chris37]

Welcome to America, Land of Bullsh!t!

[JPG]

What is really needed is a training program for big city democratic mayors. Start with learning the Constitution, then move on to free market capitalism and the dangers of enabling a socialist welfare state.

[Alberta's Child]

Radio host Don Imus made a brilliant observation in an interview with NYPD Commissioner William Bratton that aired this morning. I'm paraphrasing here, but it was something like this:

IMUS: "What exactly did the police do wrong in that situation?"

BRATTON: "We haven't jumped to any conclusions, and the investigation is ongoing."

IMUS: "Then how do you know the police officers need to be retrained?"

[elcid1970]

De Blasio wants reeducation.

[smokingfrog]

Re-education camps?

[ronnie raygun]

Give them flowers to hand out

[Alberta's Child]

I think DeBlasio has a motive here that hasn't been discussed:

By rushing to judgment in the case and making his own determination that the police need to be retrained, he's effectively stating that the police did something wrong in the Garner situation. This makes it much easier for Garner's family to prove their case in their $75 million civil lawsuit against the City of New York.

[smoothsailing]

The return of David Dinkins is more like it.

[hsmomx3]

I wonder if they will make police officers use rubber bullets from now on???? I don’t put anything past these politicians.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Remember back when mayors worked hard to ensure that their cities wouldn’t be sued? Good times.

[2ndDivisionVet]

You mean blanks, don’t you?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

The return of David Dinkins is more like it.

Nah, Dinkins' tenure was nothing like NYC in the 1970s. That's when the city completely took a #2 and almost imploded.