Wishful thinking?
Every law on the books can result in the death of somebody determined to resist the police. It is how the law is enforced. If you think that is unreasonable, then you have to talk to the politicians that pass nuisance laws because they can’t handle the heat on raising taxes.
The police have no choice in the matter but to enforce the law. Anything less, and you get Baltimore every time.
Eric Holder’s medical condition was such that his death was inevitable, even if they didn’t use a choke hold to bring him down.
Wishful thinking?
> The police have no choice in the matter but to enforce the law. Anything less, and you get Baltimore every time. <
Agreed.
> Eric Holder’s medical condition was such that his death was inevitable, even if they didn’t use a choke hold to bring him down. <
Here we must disagree. The chokehold is prohibited in the NYPD. So the cops involved must, at a minimum, be fired. And it goes back to what you said. Laws - and regulations - must be enforced to avoid chaos.
And who can say if Garner’s death was inevitable? A chokehold is a nasty thing (I know from personal experience). There has got to be a way for multiple police officers to subdue a resisting man without risking killing him.