Posted on 12/06/2014 12:55:59 PM PST by Bettyprob
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The action taken by a New York City police officer against Eric Garner is "clear," writes U.S. Rep. Justin Amash on Wednesday.
The incident was captured on video, showing Garner talking with police as they suspected him of selling tax-free cigarettes. The 43-year-old man then is overcome by officers who take him down to the sidewalk. Garner cried out, "I can't breathe," several times before becoming motionless.
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He’s a Paulbot nutter.
“That’s the first I heard about a slap.”
It really does not matter whether you “heard” about it or not.
Chicago Police dispatcher: “Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers HAS been approved.”
So, are most cop dog shootings excessive?
Anyone of #000000 “color” is a Saint.
...”Blaming cops for his death is like blaming good tires for a high-speed crash”....
Amazing people can’t see the obvious.
On what basis? The cop did not break any federal law. He should have been more careful, but he was just trying to do his job. Apparently, it is a job he is not competent for. If I were his boss, he would be fired.
Sometimes it DOES equal murder though. In this case, it was negligent manslaughter at a minimum.
Maybe the police should have thrown a net over the perp? Of course, then they would be accused of racism because they would be treating him like some sort of jungle animal. Is it to the point that they should say “Pretty please...”?
I’ve read that too, but good luck getting anyone to pay attention to the information. And how would this representative know more than the GJ to say he sees something more “clearly” than they did?
given the social climate.....id have kept ANY decision very quiet.
here come the riots....
Excessive force for someone as large as Garner resisting arrest is anything more than hands. That was not the case here.
Sorry, but you seem to be ignorant of the facts. Police were CALLED by a business owner to enforce a law, good or bad, that was hurting the business owner. If you sold smartphones and tablets, but a guy sets up business on the sidewalk in front of your store, selling stollen electronics at a deep discount to your prospective customers against the law, you’d be stupid not to call the police too.
The police had a right to be there to confront Garner, who had an extensive arrest record and was breaking a more serious law, resisting arrest.
So Amash was there?
For what? The officer broke no law. Besides, I don't trust this communist DOJ to prosecute anything fairly.
Don’t all Democrats know more than anybody else?</s>
Based on what? It took 3 seconds, 3 seconds, for the cop to get off when Garner said he couldn’t breathe. It took approximately 3 mins for EMS to arrive. During the next 7 minutes, he was conscious, breathing, and responsive. He was breathing when put in the ambulance. He experienced cardiac arrest in the ambulance and expired.
How could the cops possibly have known that a morbidly obese man had chronic asthma? What could they have done differently? Tased him? That likely would have dropped him like a stone. How about beat him with a baton? How else do you expect them to arrest a suspect resisting, especially of his size?
It’s really quite amazing the focus is on how the guy was taken down rather than the fact he was breaking the law and resisting arrest...which by the way he was accustomed to.
The push to make our Police the bad guys is just another ploy of this administration to breed a lawless society. Make the police the enemy and the criminal the victim....
I did a search regarding the “slap”. Can’t find anything to corroborate your claim. Can you provide information regarding that?
Or, maybe you meant this: http://atlantadailyworld.com/2014/07/31/nyc-cop-who-killed-eric-garner-with-chokehold-once-slapped-black-mens-genitals/
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