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Posted on 07/18/2014 5:11:11 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda
Staten Island man dies after NYPD cop puts him in chokehold — SEE THE VIDEO VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: A 400-pound asthmatic Staten Island dad died Thursday after a cop put him in a chokehold and other officers appeared to slam his head against the sidewalk, video of the incident shows. BY KEN MURRAY , KERRY BURKE , CHELSIA ROSE MARCIUS , ROCCO PARASCANDOLA
A 400-pound asthmatic Staten Island dad died Thursday after a cop put him in a chokehold and other officers appeared to slam his head against the sidewalk, video of the incident shows.
“I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe!” Eric Garner, 43, repeatedly screamed after at least five NYPD officers took him down in front of a Tompkinsville beauty supply store when he balked at being handcuffed.
Within moments Garner, a married father of six children with two grandchildren, stopped struggling and appeared to be unconscious as police called paramedics to the scene. An angry crowd gathered, some recording with smartphones.
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Just demonstrating your mindset with slightly more vivid colors.
He probably did break up a fight, but we don't know when the police observed him selling cigarettes. He had a record of 30 arrests.
We don't know what he died from because an autopsy hasn't been performed yet. He could have been asphyxiated or he could have had sudden cardiac arrest. A black man his size has a high chance of having an enlarged heart which would put him at risk for sudden death.
It's against the law to sell untaxed cigarettes everywhere except Indian reservations as far as I know. In addition to that he was resisting arrest.
It seems to me like this is a case of the cops arresting a man on the charge of resisting arrest, if you know what I mean.
It would be nice if the media reported whether the police had an arrest warrant.
Darn, you must have been post #42 which got deleted. I always arrive too late.
I have it on my screen as I didn’t refresh that tab.
FReepmail.
“Just demonstrating your mindset with slightly more vivid colors.”
You’ve written nothing that accurately characterizes my mindset on this subject. In fact, you have deliberately mis-characterized my mindset. It’s part of your well known inclination to seek attention, to be a forum celebrity. In this case you have done it be using the literary equivalent of a monkey throwing its own feces.
True, but an arrest for what? Because he was selling cigarettes at the time, or because he had in the past sold cigarettes?
The article claims that no cigarettes were found on him. If that's true, then there was no reason to bother him.
I made the mistake of posting on this forum again. Silly me. It’s been very well demonstrated that I am not welcome.
I’m out.
Don’t worry. See ya.
Some people just don’t have a sense of humor.
“You really think that everything a cop does is automatically okay simply because he has a badge?”
What a stupid statement. Can you spell non-sequitur?
“Sorry, but an unlawful arrest is an unlawful arrest...”
And where does one correctly contest an unlawful arrest? I’d guess the vast majority of arrestees don’t want to be arrested. Should all disputed arrests be settled out on the street?
Funny, tell me again how this is perfectly okay.
Simply because the offender is a cop.
No, you made the mistake of having a hissy fit.
“Funny, tell me again how this is perfectly okay.
Simply because the offender is a cop.”
Funny, show me again where I said it was perfectly okay?
Is it your reading skills, or your comprehension skills?
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