The officers involved were doing what they were told and trained to do.
A New York Grand Jury agrees.
The officers involved were doing what they were told and trained to do.
A New York Grand Jury agrees.
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That’s right. Pantaleo used a wrestling move to bring down Garner. His left arm didn’t get around Garner’s neck until after Garner almost put him through a large window. The coroner didn’t find any damage to the trachea or hyoid bone, thus no choking. Garner died from being in poor health, resisting arrest, and being a career criminal.
“The officers involved were doing what they were told”
So were the Nazi officers. :-)
That's the problem. Cops aren't fellow citizens or Men anymore rather they are Units who ‘told and trained’ and then turned loose. These four had no problem with using maximum force against this sad sack the minute he gave them some static. Similarly the gov’t didn't have any trouble sending scores of men including snipers into the Bundy ranch to use force where it would have been wiser to plod along and keep it Civil. Instantaneous force, by the way, is a FEAR reaction.
Then they were trained wrong.
A New York Grand Jury agrees.
A New York City grand jury? Pardon me if I'm underwhelmed.
The fact is, police get away with using excessive force all over the place, all the time. The police should go out of their way to avoid such brutality, even at the risk of their own safety.
Enough is enough with all this police excess, and never being held accountable for it...