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Post by peteetongman on Jul 19, 2014 8:32:27 GMT -5
The 350-pound man, about to be arrested on charges of illegally selling cigarettes, was arguing with the police. When an officer tried to handcuff him, the man pulled free. The officer immediately threw his arm around the man’s neck and pulled him to the ground, holding him in what appears, in a video, to be a chokehold. The man can be heard saying “I can’t breathe” over and over again as other officers swarm about. Now, the death of the man, Eric Garner, 43, soon after the confrontation on Thursday on Staten Island, is being investigated by the police and prosecutors. At the center of the inquiry is the officer’s use of a chokehold — a dangerous maneuver that was banned by the New York Police Department more than 20 years ago but that the department cannot seem to be rid of. www.nytimes.com/2014/07/19/nyregion/staten-island-man-dies-after-he-is-put-in-chokehold-during-arrest.html?_r=0
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Post by peteetongman on Jul 19, 2014 8:42:38 GMT -5
dude was selling single cigarettes. God forbid you deprive government of one dime of tax revenue. You must die
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Post by peteetongman on Jul 20, 2014 15:50:05 GMT -5
don't they have Tasers up there? We have them here in GA
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