Posted on 12/30/2014 12:04:44 PM PST by artichokegrower
Eric Garner’s last three words as he was being choked to death by Staten Island police officers were “I can’t breathe.” Those words have since become one of the iconic slogans of not only the #BlackLivesMatter movement against police violence but also of our times. These three words were seared into a much broader national and international consciousness after they were worn in pregame warm-ups by some of the most well-known athletes in the United States. But it wasn’t just the LeBron Jameses and Derrick Roses of this world who wore the “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirts on the court or on the field. A host of high school and college teams, far from the public eye (and in places as diverse as Berkeley and Colorado Springs), took those words to the court in a show of solidarity. Now one of those high school teams is paying the price.
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Wait a minute — didn’t this guy die of a heart attack?
And BTW, I seem to recall my CPR instructor saying that if someone can talk — then chances are they are NOT choking.
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why do these kids seeks to make an issue ? they smoke too much pot and are being agitated into activism by leftist pot smoking , occupy sympathetic teachers .
these kids are all puppets of the teachers and teaching assistants they are subjected to in school every day .
ie: Colorado
Lots of people that weigh 400 lbs. can’t breathe. What’s the big deal?
“I can’t breathe.” THEN put down that joint..
do the dishes, mow a lawn... do SOMETHING...
Hasn’t anyone copyrighted “I can’t breathe” yet?
(like Pat Riley did with “Threepeat” )
After all, if you’re not part of the solution, there’s good money to be made prolonging the problem;)
I wonder if the LeBron and Derricks of the world realize that they are providing evidence that they have seriously disordered minds.
If you can say "I can't breathe" you can breathe. If you really could not breathe you would not be able to talk at all. That fact, in itself, should be enough for one to look a little deeper into the facts of the matter.
Leftists do not need facts or actual results.
“I can`t breathe!
I Got asthma!”
That’s really a good one there! Someone should make signs and T-shirts and wear them to their hands up / dead cop rallies. Only if it is safe for you to do so or if you’re armed.
I want a t-shirt that says....
I Can Breathe Just Fine.
The autopsy listed the immediate cause of death as:
“Compression of neck (choke hold), compression of chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police.”
Hence, why it was ruled a homicide. The autopsy did note his obesity, poor heath, and heart disease as contributing factors, but cardiac arrest is not ruled a homicide unless it is caused by the actions of some other human being.
You don’t have to be choking to be having trouble breathing.
“If you can say “I can’t breathe” you can breathe. If you really could not breathe you would not be able to talk at all.”
When someone says “I can’t breathe”, what they usually mean is that they are having trouble breathing, not necessarily that they can’t get any air into their lungs at all.
Yes and he said he couldn’t breathe 11 times. That is alot if inspiration-expiration for someone who claims they can’t do it.
He also had toxic blood from resisting.
Got it. Thanks!
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