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Originally Posted by StillStanding
If the LEO had put a choke hold on the victim, he would not have been able to breath OR TALK at all. I do agree that the headlock should have been loosened when the guy complained that he couldn't breath. We obviously don't know the info the was given to the grand jury. I have heard that the officer in charge in this situation was black.
Looking at the video itself, I can see where disciplinary actions should be taken against the officers involved. What we are not hearing is all the facts that led up to 10 officers needing to take this man down. Yes, the police tactics used were instrumental in the man's death. But, some responsibility must lie on the victim himself for resisting arrest. We can all agree that had he complied with police requests, he would be alive today! It's a tragedy of errors.
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I don't believe it was a tragedy of errors at all. The police were called, by shop owners, because Garner was disrupting the area and preventing people from entering the stores.
He had a record showing he has no regard concerning the law. The police were involved in a "take down" with Garner. He was resisting arrest. They have to then subdue the suspect on the ground.
In this case, as in so many others who are resisting arrest, they cry wolf - "My neck hurts, my back hurts, my head hurts, I can't breathe, etc., etc."
If the police release tension, they lose ground and have to start all over again. They had no way of knowing he was crying wolf. And as the police officer was NOT, as medical records show, trying to actually choke the guy, he had no reason to believe the guy and was not going to let up on the tension.
So, the fault lies with Garner resisting arrest. The police were doing their job. It's too bad the criminal had health issues, but there it is. His demise lays at his own feet.
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