[atc23]

"against the law

oh, yes - the cops are free, Eric Garner is murdered over loose cigarettes and the guy who recorded the murder, he went to jail. We fund the Fascist Police State with our tax dollars.

[Kaslin]

The real blame goes to the New York politicians imo

[FunkyZero]

That's a Drudge headline trick. He wasn't murdered over loose cigarettes. His death was accidental and it happened because a) he was resisting law enforcement and b) the cops used disproportionate force in order to detain him. I grudgingly agree with the decision on this case, it follows the guidelines of the law. That does not, however, mean i think that what happened was right or just. I think the cops were far too aggressive and did not have any regard for the injuries they were or could cause.

The police often get forced into this situation because you can't just throw up your hands and allow a criminal to walk away, regardless of the crime. The only real factors should be when the methods used to detain the person put the public at risk or cause disproportionate injuries to the suspect. Of course, that part is simply my humble opinion, not the law of policy.

[Biggirl]

Take it up with those small businesses that complained about Eric Garner to the police.

[bgill]

“He has been arrested 27 times since 2009 for offenses ranging from fare evasion and pot possession to a robbery in May. He was also busted twice for gun possession and in January 2013 he was charged with menacing with a gun.

Reached at her Tompkinsville home, Lekaj insisted she too was innocent and that Orta - a man she claims to barely know - gave her the gun.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/court-date-delayed-chokehold-cameraman-article-1.1891220

Does that sound like trumped up charges to you? Orta’s wife is also up on charges for beating up someone.

[JimRed]

...Eric Garner is murdered...

FAIL.