Selling untaxed cigarettes should not get you the death penalty.
Then don’t resist arrest. When a cop wants to arrest he will go through great lengths to do it.
No it shouldn't. But he wasn't given the death penalty, and he didn't die for selling untaxed cigarettes. He died as a victim of circumstance when he resisted attempts by officers to perform a legal arrest. What you're saying is tantamount to the opinion of some Mike Brown supporters who say that the Gentle Giant was murdered for walking down the middle of the street.
If you happen to think a law is stupid, unjust, or unfairly applied, the time to fight it is not when the authorities are in the process of arresting you.
There was a fight between Garner and another guy over cigarette turf. Why is no one mentioning this? The police got involved to break up the fight. It is probably something that happened during the fight that caused the incident.
“Selling untaxed cigarettes should not get you the death penalty.”
Every law passed can only be enforced at the threat of government guns! There no law that is not ultimately enforcable via the use of those guns!
Everyone needs to be reminded of this whenever they are discussing any new law “for our own good” or “for da chilrun.”