I’m guessing the police said Mr. Garner you’re under arrest but he refuses… that part is cut out.
I saw that part where he “resisted” arrest. He’s was not looking like a man who needed murdering for the safety of cops. They were apparently harassing him because he had been caught in the past selling ciggs - 8 times.
He was telling them to stop harassing him. He said he was doing nothing wrong and he told them that last time they put their hands on him, he was doing nothing and told them to stop harassing him.
I don’t know if the choke hold is illegal or not in New York. But as the cop was choking him, he was saying he could not breathe in shorthand as he struggled for breath to tell them.
If cops can get away with what they did in my post above to Kelly in Fullerton, CA., they can get away with anything. Time to change laws.