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Eric Garner Would Be Alive If He Was Not Obese, Says Rep. Peter King, Thanks Grand Jury For Decision
IBT Times ^ | December 04 2014 12:44 AM | Suman Varandan

Posted on 12/04/2014 3:37:33 PM PST by robowombat

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To: robowombat

resisting arrest played a much bigger part


2 posted on 12/04/2014 3:38:53 PM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: robowombat

Where’s Michelle?? Why hasn’t she invited the family to a “Let’s Move” party.


3 posted on 12/04/2014 3:39:35 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: robowombat

So Bloomberg was on to something by banning junk food and large sugary drinks. Too bad this gentle giant didn’t get with the program.


4 posted on 12/04/2014 3:39:50 PM PST by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
"If he had not had asthma, and a heart condition and was so obese, almost definitely he would not have died from this," King reportedly said. "The fact is if you can't breathe, you can't talk," King reportedly added. "If you've ever seen anyone resisting arrest, I've seen it, and it's been white guys, and they're always saying, 'You're breaking my arm, you're choking me, you're doing this,' police hear this all the time."
More to the point, and despite claims by some FINOs in FReepmail that it is inevitable, I've reached my mid-50s without being in great physical shape, and NOT ONCE have I been put in a choke hold by a cop.
5 posted on 12/04/2014 3:45:49 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: molson209

When cops are resisted, bad things can and do happen sometimes.
How would cops know this man hadn’t just committed a murder down the street? Or, that he had a reason not to be arrested.


6 posted on 12/04/2014 3:51:55 PM PST by Sasparilla
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To: robowombat

Most racist post I’ve seen on Free Republic in a long while


7 posted on 12/04/2014 3:52:03 PM PST by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: robowombat

Peter King is a dolt willing to go after the low hanging fruit but just remember where he stood when Ted Cruz was standing up for the country against Obamacare. King called Cruz a fraud and said he was bad for the party.

fwiw, it wouldn’t surprise me if Holder and Obama somehow manipulated this grand jury decision to keep their race narrative alive.


8 posted on 12/04/2014 3:52:22 PM PST by bramps (Go West America!)
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To: robowombat

Fat and stupid is not the way to go through life, son.


9 posted on 12/04/2014 3:57:07 PM PST by sagar
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To: robowombat

So in other words keep yourself in shape so the police brutality doesn’t kill you.


10 posted on 12/04/2014 3:57:43 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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There are so many laws on the books that all of us break many each year and it’s at the whim of cops and prosecutors which of us get busted and when.

Fair chance it’ll be you or your family one day. Maybe you’ll get a cop who keeps shouting “stop resisting!!!” when you aren’t resisting at all as they choke you out and you die from a heart attack. They say you didn’t die from asphixiation, but lack of oxygen can cause heart attacks.

When you die they tell your family it’s a real shame you were fat, or a smoker, or had complicating health problems.

At least they stopped the terrible crime of loose cigarettes, or improperly transferred firearms, or transporting a listed plant or degrading a wetland or...


11 posted on 12/04/2014 3:57:46 PM PST by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: be-baw

Sorry if you don’t like the simple truth I get the displeasure of living around every day.


12 posted on 12/04/2014 3:58:53 PM PST by robowombat
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He’s absolutely right that when, in fact, you can’t breathe, you can’t SAY you can’t breathe! Been there too often.


13 posted on 12/04/2014 4:00:10 PM PST by EDINVA
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To: SunkenCiv

Maybe because you don’t sell cigarettes.


14 posted on 12/04/2014 4:00:10 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: robowombat

He could not have possibly have said that.......he said that he would be alive if he was not obese? What does that have to do with anything. That is incredibly rude. Figures he is from New York.


15 posted on 12/04/2014 4:00:39 PM PST by napscoordinator (President Walker is our future President! Ted Cruz is the Senate Majority Leader in the future!)
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To: robowombat

When did this happen? Date and time please........


16 posted on 12/04/2014 4:00:45 PM PST by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: robowombat

Are you a Christian?


17 posted on 12/04/2014 4:00:53 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

Yep and see post #9, pretty well spells it out. I don’t like cops but I know when they say stop to do so. I do miss the days gone bye when the cops understood that they were there to keep the rabble like this heap of blubber from bothering the people who paid the cops their salary.


18 posted on 12/04/2014 4:01:53 PM PST by robowombat
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So now he’s a murderer? Maybe they should just shoot everyone on that basis.


19 posted on 12/04/2014 4:02:01 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: be-baw

Unfortunately it has been like this for awhile. Most FREEPERS here are Atheists....clearly.


20 posted on 12/04/2014 4:02:21 PM PST by napscoordinator (President Walker is our future President! Ted Cruz is the Senate Majority Leader in the future!)
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