How does anyone who saw the video not hold the police responsible. Beyond disgusting.
I saw nothing in the video that the police did wrong. I had no problem & obviously the GJ didn't either.
How does anyone who saw the video not hold the police responsible. Beyond disgusting.
1) he wasn't selling cigs for less than the stores otherwise he wouldn't be making a profit as he has to buy these cigs from the stores to begin with.
JMO
do you really think he paid for those cigarettes? if he did, he sure didn't pay 'retail'
Are you forgetting or maybe don't know that a black sergeant was there while all of this was happening...she's been described in various articles as supervising, to observing. But she didn't step in to stop anything.
(link http://www.laprogressive.com/watching-eric-garner-die/)
He didn't die of the choke hold, he was still breathing - he died of a heart attack. At over 350 lbs, he probably had health issues.
I think the police officer is absolutely responsible for the death of Eric Garner, but I don't think it had anything to do with race.
The heart attack was secondary to asphyxia and why do you think he was still breathing? Clearly to me it looked like he was unresponsive and not breathing or at least in serious respiratory distress. What happened to him was wrong (professional error) and what didn't happen as he lay on the pavement dying before our eyes was negligent (professional omission)
IMO
Widely reported he died at the hospital not at the scene.
They called for an ambulance (not negligence)
I agree died at the hospital. But that doesn't change anything.
I am not sure what is required of LE in NYC with regards to provided basic life support but they certainly could have done more and with a little more urgency. So there could be negligence in their part for that I am not sure but certainly there is negligence on the part of EMS. They were fired for a reason. IMO
9 of the 31 arrests were for selling untaxed cigs per Hannity on FOX.
The arrests go back to the 1980s — for assault, resisting arrest, and grand larceny, according to the Wall Street Journal. According to the Advance, when police stopped Garner, he had three pending criminal charges against him for holding or selling loosies.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/12/04/friends-eric-garner-was-a-gentle-giant/
Ok fair enough he may have been selling cigs illegally.
IF that was resisting arrest and that is how LE is allowed to deal with someone acting the way EG did, then it needs to change and apparently I ain't the only one who believes that, LE included. Things are about to change big time , and it is long overdue IMO.
I agree died at the hospital. But that doesn't change anything.
I am not sure what is required of LE in NYC with regards to provided basic life support but they certainly could have done more and with a little more urgency. So there could be negligence in their part for that I am not sure but certainly there is negligence on the part of EMS. They were fired for a reason. IMO
EG mother claims this as a "thrill Killing".
There was nothing for LE to do. He was breathing so no CPR was required.
Lots of assumptions in this post - while certain of negligence.
My understanding is they were suspended while an investigation occurred.
If he was breathing, they wouldn't perform cpr
and if he was bleeding from the mouth, I'm not sure they would
maybe an EMT can chime in.
Per CNN just now Garner was an asthmatic and the chokehold combined with his weight and asthma did cause his death. They also reported Pantaleo has been sued in the past and cases settled out of court. I hope the Feds nail his a$$!!!