Posted on 12/04/2014 11:02:16 AM PST by upbeat5
In his remarks Wednesday on the non-indictment of the New York police officer who allegedly choked Eric Garner to death during a routine arrest, President Barack Obama claimed that he does not involve himself in such controversies. "My tradition is not to remark on cases where there may still be an investigation," he said.
The opposite is true: from Skip Gates to Trayvon Martin to Michael Brown, Obama nearly always weighs in.
Even more bizarre was the fact that Obama upstaged New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. The news networks had all been awaiting the mayor's press conference at 4:45 p.m. ET. Yet Obama broke in with his own remarks at about 4:43 p.m., interrupting his own pre-scheduled address to a gathering of Native American leaders at the White House to offer his take on the grand jury decision before local officials had their chance to react.
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The Emperor is lying again. What a shocker that is.
You’re right....What I meant by “best” is how easily it comes to him, almost as if lying is his default position.
I guess stupidity, white guilt, and a full court press by the media can get anybody elected.
An old pro huh
Zero is but a symptom of an illiterate electorate.
11 Facts About the Eric Garner Case the Media Won’t Tell You
Newsmax
11 Facts About the Eric Garner Case the Media Won’t Tell You
Thursday, December 4, 2014 11:40 AM
By: Jim Meyers
Sources in the mainstream media expressed outrage after a grand jury declined to indict a New York City policeman in the death of Eric Garner, but there are 11 significant facts that many of them have chosen to overlook:
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1. There is no doubt that Garner was resisting an arrest for illegally selling untaxed cigarettes. Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik put it succinctly: “You cannot resist arrest. If Eric Garner did not resist arrest, the outcome of this case would have been very different,” he told Newsmax. “He wouldn’t be dead today.
“Regardless of what the arrest was for, the officers don’t have the ability to say, ‘Well, this is a minor arrest, so we’re just going to ignore you.’”
2. The video of the July 17 incident clearly shows Garner, an African-American, swatting away the arms of a white officer seeking to take him into custody, telling him: “Don’t touch me!”
3. Garner, 43, had history of more than 30 arrests dating back to 1980, on charges including assault and grand larceny.
4. At the time of his death, Garner was out on bail after being charged with illegally selling cigarettes, driving without a license, marijuana possession and false impersonation.
5. The chokehold that Patrolman Daniel Pantaleo put on Garner was reported to have contributed to his death. But Garner, who was 6-foot-3 and weighed 350 pounds, suffered from a number of health problems, including heart disease, severe asthma, diabetes, obesity, and sleep apnea. Pantaleo’s attorney and police union officials argued that Garner’s poor health was the main cause of his death.
Read;
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/eric-garner-chokehold-grand-jury-police/2014/12/04/id/611058/
The end game is....if you can talk, you're breathing.
I watched the video very closely. The cops arm wasn't even touching the windpipe area.
When is someone going to jump up and say...."Garner is the criminal"...not the cop!!
It should be obvious by now this man has no regard for tradition.
When I heard him say this - I just about fell over as my mind immediately went back to the first “beer summit.” He can’t help himself but to jump into the fray - never in my life have I seen or heard a president getting down in the weeds on things like this. It’s truly embarrassing!
Bottom line, the officer did not use a ‘choke hold’. The method he used was taught in the academy.
“During his testimony before the grand jury, Pantaleo denied using a chokehold on Garner, saying he applied a takedown move as he was taught in the [Police] Academy, London said.”
He testified in the grand jury that he utilized the techniques that he was trained with in the police academy, Pantaleos attorney, Stuart London, told CBS2s Kramer. He was attempting to do a take-down move, which he was taught in the academy. He never intended to apply any force to the individuals neck, and any contact with the neck was incidental.
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