[Leaning Right]

Interesting article, but not exactly from an unbiased source (for those not familiar with the name, Bo Dietl
is a retired NYPD detective).

[gorush]

True, indeed.

[Zhang Fei]

Interesting article, but not exactly from an unbiased source (for those not familiar with the name, Bo Dietl is a retired NYPD detective).

Someone in a chokehold cannot say anything. His airway is blocked. From the article:

Also note that the man credited with recording the Garner video was himself later arrested for gun possession, and had 26 priors.

This doesn’t discredit the video, but it does tell us that the neighborhood where the tragedy unfolded is dangerous. And the point of cracking down on “small” crimes like selling loosies is to keep the neighborhood from going further downhill.

Tell officers not to enforce “minor” laws, and the surrounding community will grow more dangerous. Yet that is exactly what the Rev. Sharpton is demanding — an end to “broken windows” policing.

I speak to patrol officers daily; they increasingly don’t want to get involved.

That's the kind of law enforcement NYC got before Giuliani came along, and murder rates were 5x their present level.