[Moonman62]

The officers involved were doing what they were told and trained to do.

A New York Grand Jury agrees.

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That’s right. Pantaleo used a wrestling move to bring down Garner. His left arm didn’t get around Garner’s neck until after Garner almost put him through a large window. The coroner didn’t find any damage to the trachea or hyoid bone, thus no choking. Garner died from being in poor health, resisting arrest, and being a career criminal.

[super7man]

Garner died from being in poor health, resisting arrest, and being a career criminal

Didn't die for selling cigerettes; died for resisting arrest. If ya' can't do the time; don't do the crime.

[Zhang Fei]

“His left arm didn’t get around Garner’s neck until after Garner almost put him through a large window.”

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The thing about Hollywood windows is they’re made of sugar and you can go through them with nary a scratch. Real window glass shards can slice through arteries, resulting in death thru blood loss in minutes.

[Jeff Chandler]

Not a choke hold, but a headlock.

[duffee]

“Pantaleo used a wrestling move to bring down Garner.

As I recall the use of nightsticks, saps and flashlights were deemed to be too dangerous to those who needed to be subdubed by police and these other methods were taught to replace them as being more safe and humane. The use of force will never be 100% safe but should never be discarded as there are always those who will push to limits end.

[Fledermaus]

Don’t confuse people with facts. Especially the knee-jerk FReepers that pollute this site.