Indeed they do.
Garner worked for an organization himself, which is solely in the business of committing crimes.
If every officer of the NYPD is to be - unconstitutionally - held liable for every crime an NYPD officer has ever committed, then surely it would only be fair to saddle Garner not only with the felonies he personally committed but also all the crimes committed by his criminal employers and associates as well.
Yeah, he was a big time violent criminal, capable of anything...
So there ya have it.