Eric Garner was killed by more than just a chokehold
The mayor’s response and examiner’s ruling are both indictments of Officer Pantaleo’s actions, which were already illegal according to the NYPD’s own guidelines. Officers are not supposed to use this tactic of essentially choking someone into unconsciousness to subdue them. But there were a lot of things Pantaleo and his fellow officers did that day that went beyond the extremes of bad policing.
On the day of his death, bystanders say Garner was breaking up a fight when he caught the eye of the police. The NYPD claims officers had previously targeted Garner for selling untaxed, individual cigarettes. Garner wanted to know why he was being harassed, and he paid for that query with his life. In America, we’re not supposed kill people for questioning an officer, or for speaking up for themselves – except, of course, when we do.
Eric Garner was killed by more than just a chokehold MSNBC
He was not choked into unconsciousness. Unless you believe that someone can repeatedly say "I can't breath!" while unconscious, the evidence simply does not indicate this. In fact, it's a bit of a misnomer that this was a "choke" hold, since the subject was obviously able to speak. People cannot speak while being choked, it's just not possible.
Furthermore, he was not taken down because he asked a question. He was taken down after he physically resisted arrest. Now, I have asked you several times to tell me what you believe an officer should do whenever someone does not wish to be arrested... which is probably the overwhelming majority of the time... but when someone doesn't want to be arrested and they physically resist, what should the police officer do in that situation? It's a really easy question, I am not sure why you are not giving me an answer.
Instead of answering, you simply want to EMOTE and LIE. You've made your mind up that an injustice was done here, and no one on Earth can reason with you. I don't ******* know what your problem is, or what mental problem you lefties have which makes you assume that you are always right and no one can ever question your viewpoint. It just keeps going on and on, from one incident to another, as you march around protesting with this 'hubris' mindset that only YOU can have an opinion!