Posted on 12/03/2014 11:28:41 AM PST by dead
A New York City grand jury has declined to indict an NYPD officer in the chokehold case of Eric Garner, the unarmed man who died while being arrested on Staten Island earlier this year.
In opting not to indict, the panel determined there was not probable cause that a crime was committed by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was seen on a widely watched amateur video showing him wrapping his arm around Garner's neck as Garner yelled, "I can't breathe!" during the summer altercation.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnewyork.com ...
Neither do wars.
Speaking for myself, I personally no longer trust the government or their courts. I fact, I no longer trust our electoral process.
I do not live in NY or NYC and do not give a rip what people in that state decide to do.
No it isn’t
You evaded the the question...You get a cookie..
Of course I could rephrase the question focusing on your state, but you still evade the question.
So there ya have it.
BTW, do you not live in the U.S.?
If so out of the thousands of Fedgov laws and regulations on the books and thousands more being enacted a routine bases, are there any laws you think are bad or wrong?
If so, why did you not change them?
PrinciPAL, still has no update on their high school page or facebook. Unbelievable. I hope he’s answering to the parents. I would have been ticked off had one of my kids left the campus.
Officer had 5 hours of surgery yesterday and more expected today.
Unbelievably the social misfits on twitter and facebook were writing: “LMAO”, “Good”, “F*ck the Police”, “I hope he dies”....Hip hop/rapper/wanna be hood types (I viewed their profiles).
Watch the video, starting at 1:20.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-xHqf1BVE4
The cops must have had 10 other options other than to choke the man to death.
Where’s the humanity?
Actually, if you watch the video, you will see the officer slips his right arm under suspects right arm, he puts his left arm over suspects chest and pulls suspect down to the right while pushing him on his chest.
I practice Krav Maga, and it is actually not easy to even get into the choke hold, when we are practicing the techniques to get out of a choke hold. My practice partner is taller than me and it is hard to get my forearm into the right “choke” position, as our instructors want us to, when we are playing “bad guy”. It is clear that the officers forearm is not under the suspects chin at all, it is on his chest for about 3 seconds and then the suspect is pulled/pushed down to the right and to the ground.
Nobody is lying, just carefully watch the video...
True.
He said ll times that he couldn’t breathe. Maybe he wasn’t quite suffocating but a knee was shoving him into the pavement and a major artery’s blood flow was cut off. They killed him. (Michael Brown: justified.) This one was an ambush, judge jury and executioner.
And your question was as silly as your answer this time. I work all the time in my state and town to change laws I don’t think are Constitutional. I am in favor of getting rid of things like the EPA, the IRS, the dept of Education, and on and on.
And you can throw in the NDAA, the TSA and all of its nonsense, the ACA, and any number of over reaches by the feds
meh
you are really silly
And you've been doing a great job. Keep up the good work.
The video evidence is actually heart breaking if you ask me. The poor guy was selling cigarettes for crying out loud! He wasn’t a violent criminal, didn’t have a weapon and never threw a punch. The really sad thing is now the race baiters will use this man for their disgusting evil cause.
Exhibit A: although this is a local judicial matter, tonight Obama went on worldwide news ( I just saw it on BBC ) to announce that HE (king of America) will intervene to stop this travesty and implement progressive change [/plausible conpiracy theory]
Alex Jones may just have something here
I found the below excerpts online - if not correct, someone please advise:
NY Police Manual [Pages 203-211, Excerpts]
Members of the service are required to maintain control or intervene if the use of force against a subject clearly becomes excessive. FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN BOTH CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY
EXCESSIVE FORCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
All members of the service at the scene of a police incident must:
(a) Immediately establish firearms control
(b) USE MINIMUM FORCE NECESSARY
(c) EMPLOY NONE LETHAL ALTERNATIVES AS APPROPIATE
WHENEVER POSSIBLE, MEMBERS SHOULD MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO AVOID TACTICS, SUCH AS SITTING OR STANDING ON A SUBJECTS CHEST, WHICH MAY RESULT IN CHEST COMPRESSION, THEREBY REDUCING THE SUBJECT’S ABILITY TO BREATHE.
AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN CONTROLLED AND PLACED UNDER CUSTODIAL RESTRAINT USING HANDCUFFS AND OTHER AUTHORIZED METHODS, THE PERSON SHOULD BE POSITIONED SO AS TO PROMOTE FREE BREATHING. THE SUBJECT SHOULD NOT BE MAINTAINED OR TRANSPORTED IN A FACE DOWN POSITION.
IF A PERSON APPEARS TO BE HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING OR IS OTHERWISE DEMONSTRATING LIFE THREATENING SYMPTOMS, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE WILL BE REQUESTED IMMEDIATELY.
Eleven times?
To me, that indicates that he CAN breathe!
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