I’m not sure the NYPD has any more credibility on the issue. I also don’t believe the officers involved thought he was connected with the mob when they brought him down.
No choke holds. That simple.
Taze him multiple times, cuff him, and off you go. You don’t have to choke him to subdue him.
This is going to be the tipping point for a lot of folks. Too many dead dogs. Too many raids on homes that didn’t need to be raided. Too many dead people who were just watching TV before SWAT kicked in the door.
Wilson was legit. Guy went out on watch and got extremely unlucky.
What the NYPD did to this guy was so egregious, and the evidence so vivid and clear, that you can’t help thinking the whole thing is rigged against all of us.
If you watch THE ENTIRE video, you will find out that the guy who died was guilty of NOTHING MORE than stopping a fight that happened outside his shop. All the other crap about cigarettes and the mob was stuff they dug up later.
They are screwed here. There is no way politically around this. ‘Pants up, don’t loot’ happened and then this decision in NYC happened right on the heels of it. Timing is everything.
What about head locks, that is legit, is it?
I predict this stuff is going to fade. Christmas is around the corner.
“If you watch THE ENTIRE video, you will find out that the guy who died was guilty of NOTHING MORE than stopping a fight that happened outside his shop. All the other crap about cigarettes and the mob was stuff they dug up later”.
The guy that died did NOT own a shop.
The shop owner called the cops on Eric Garner.
And what do you do when the taser kills him too...
I would prefer a nightstick, but some whiners already complained about that; some people won’t be happy until the police are reduced to asking nicely like in England.