I guess Al Sharpton gets a home game.
They must protect the tax collectors, after all....
“unarmed”? I sure hope he wasn’t using a hold on an armed man.
Look for more protests.
Yeah, I’m thinking this cop SHOULD have been indicted.
That’s not a choke hold.
The BIG concern is going to be that tonight the yearly lighting of the Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Center is going to be taking place and that must have gotten the folks planning that event very, very NERVOUS now.
“I can’t breathe.” Said every little brother ever.
Now the crooks have a simple way out of every arrest.
I’m 3 for 3 (trayvon/mbrown/Gardner) in my jury predictions!
I can’t wait for all the new protesters to institute the chokehold when protesting - perhaps choking each other.
Maybe they can begin in Congress again.
Someone could make the argument that the rioters and protesters share a lot of the blame for this guys death. Why? They vote Democrat, and its the Democrats who have raised the “war on tobacco” to an insane level, especially in New York.
This one is “iffy”...I think totally dif from Ferguson. The guy wasn’t a threat, just selling illegal cigarettes. Jumped by white cop (there’s the raciest angle), who used a choke hold (clearly visible in video) which is illegal by the cops own handbook. I don’t think it was 1st or 2nd degree himicide, but this was dangerous excessive force, should have been a charge of some kind. I think NYC has a problem...will be fun watching DeBlasio deal with this one.
Some FReepers on this thread need to be aware that no chokehold was used. The officer used a headlock which is a control or restraint hold and is legal. A chokehold cuts off air at the trachea or blood flow at the carotids.
Oh boy. When’s the rioting going to begin in NYC?
Just watching the video would lead me to believe that there might be a better case against the NY policeman than against Darren Wilson. Of course the grand jury was privy to much more information.
This is a major quandry for the democrats, for they have demonized tobacco to the hilt and their demonization of tobacco caused Michael Garner's death. The cops should have been looking for murderers, rapists and drug pushers, not a guy selling a legal product. Bloomberg is also to blame for he gestapoizeded the police force with his war on cigarrettes.
chokeholds are illegal because this kind of thing can happen, if the chokehold caused his death then this cop should have been charged with manslaughter or reckless endangerment.
That’s the irony in ferguson the cop did everything his training said to do. Here a cop browk the law. Yet, somehow ferguson was a big deal and this wasn’t.
The hold used on Garner is the sort of thing one may need to do if alone or maybe with another cop. I recall cops saying (years ago) “4 guys, one on each limb. When you are horizontal 4 feet off the ground, face down you ain’t going nowhere.” In Garners case this is about 90lbs a man.
My guess is in this case Garner has his heart attack anyway but at least there is no “choke” involved. Why send four guys if you don’t plan to overpower and immobilize him quickly?
The accused cop’s name is actually pant-a-LEO?