The NYPD and the city of New York is already saying they see a good issue for a civil case. The mayor hinted to that last night. I think everyone can see the liberal city will pay out to his family a settlement. The man’s mother is already saying that she needs help getting money for her Christmas. The family is hurting, yes, but granny is already talking about money, which seems very weird to me. Like, I said, I am very sorry this happened. I just can’t see here the cops wanted to end this man’s life. The cops involved will have to live with this for the now and answer to a higher authority. To me, that’s a sentence in itself.
Willfully ‘wanting’ really doesn’t matter here. Their actions resulted in the end of his life, regardless of whether his health was fragile or not. He made the required plea (to me, “I can’t breathe” suffices). He died.
As a juror in a civil trial, my vote goes to his side - millions. NYC is lucky I don’t live there.