[nitzy]

They picked a guy who was apparently diabetic, asthmatic, had high blood pressure, was more than 100lbs overweight, had a history of drug use, who probably had heat exhaustion into the mix.

All of those factors that you list should have made it easier to subdue him. The officers came with too much force for the occasion.

I am not saying that they intended to kill him. I am saying that if you can't do your job without accidentally killing someone, maybe you should be reassigned to a desk job.

[wideawake]

You would think it would make it easier, but 400lbs of inertia is hard for most normal sized people to deal with.

Garner was not "accidentally killed" - his death could have occurred from literally any moderate exertion: a flight of stairs could have cashed his check.

[wideawake]

How would you have subdued him? Taser? Nightstick? What should they have done?