Eric Garner Would Be Alive If He Was Not Obese, Says Rep. Peter King, Thanks Grand Jury For Decision

Too much gov’t and too many useless/petty laws played a much bigger part

Corrected it for you.

I didn’t say it was a fight.

How many cops does it take to arrest a man selling cigarettes. My gosh thats a major crime right there.

The Administration may make all the properly "politically correct" noises, but it's secretly pleased to see this sort of example made of one who dared resist State authority.

Too much gov’t and too many useless/petty laws played a much bigger part

To the people who make them, it's not "too many" laws -- it's multiple redundancy to make sure nobody slips through the net:

There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kinds of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of lawbreakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Rearden, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with.

Not as stupid as saying he "if he can talk he can breath." So he had 25% of his breathing capacity left, enough to choke out "I can't breath," I suppose he should have used what little breath he did have, to be perfectly accurate for all the anal retentive geeks out there, to say "I only have 25% of my breathing capacity left, sir, could you please let me get some air?"

Anyone who has had an asthma attack can tell you that they can still get out a few words but they would still describe their problem as "I can't breath."

I have a question for ya. Suppose my law abiding friend Jamal is walking home from work one night when he passes a bar. Out stumbles a 350 lb drunken off duty cop who for no reason whatsoever strikes him in the face and threatens to rip his head off. They scuffle. Fearing for his life, Jamal gets the off duty officer in a choke hold. The officer says “I cant breathe!” a few times and dies of asthma, heart attack or whatever. Jamal is shocked because he wasn’t even holding him that tight.

What will happen to Jamal? Think they will fail to indict him for murder? Will anyone care that the cop was overweight and had asthma?

I have a question for ya. Suppose my law abiding friend Jamal is walking home from work one night when he passes a bar. Out stumbles a 350 lb drunken off duty cop who for no reason whatsoever strikes him in the face and threatens to rip his head off. They scuffle. Fearing for his life, Jamal gets the off duty officer in a choke hold. The officer says “I cant breathe!” a few times and dies of asthma, heart attack or whatever. Jamal is shocked because he wasn’t even holding him that tight.
What will happen to Jamal? Think they will fail to indict him for murder? Will anyone care that the cop was overweight and had asthma?

The legal doctrine for such situations is called the "eggshell skull rule":

The “eggshell skull” or “eggshell plaintiff” rule states that someone who harms another must pay for whatever damage the injured person suffered, even if it was much worse than anyone would have expected.
The "eggshell skull" rule is named after the example frequently used in law schools. The example describes an imaginary person who has an extremely thin skull that is as fragile as an eggshell, even though he looks completely normal. This person is hit in the head by someone else. A normal person would only have been bruised by the hit, but the person with the eggshell skull dies. The "eggshell skull" rule says that the person who hit the eggshell-skulled person is responsible for the much greater harm caused by the death, not just the amount of harm that a normal person would have suffered....

Of course, the notion that there is one law for all (as opposed to one law for lords and a much stricter law for us peasants) is more theoretical than real at this point.

Obese is the polite term for “FAT”. (additional rant self-deleted)