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That's pretty much what a police lieutenant in my hometown said. Cannoli Send a noteboard - 05/12/2014 05:42:51 AM

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I think the complete disregard for the obvious distress he is in is much more damning than the way he was taken down. I know police have basic first aid training and they should have treated immediately for shock. They should have removed the handcuffs and monitored him, his clothing should have been loosened. I see little to no concern in this video for the health of Mr Garner. This video looks more like manslaughter to me than the other.

Not necessarily about the manslaughter, but he said that as part of the use of force SOP, for a small-town police department (2 square miles, 4,000 residents) that is hardly up to its neck in violent arrests, they have specific rules about making sure a handcuffed suspect can breathe properly. Once he's in cuffs, they are supposed to turn him right over. The grip around Garner's neck is not actually a choke-hold, it is a neck grab. It is a hold, used to bring him to the ground, not to choke him into submission. According to the Lt., they should not have been kneeling on his head or chest as long as they did.

But this is exactly the point I am making. These idiots all focus on the wrong things, and take up indefensible positions, and thus taint the arguments against police use of force. When cops are being accused of bullshit and told actions they know were not the cause of death are murderous, they and their supporters are going to get defensive, and not going to listen to the real issues. Absolutely no one has brought this up, instead choosing to emphasize the so-called choke-hold, in which the cop had one of his arms under the subject's armpit. That's not how you choke someone.

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Danger is my middle name. *NM* nossy - 05/12/2014 04:47:23 PM 317 Views
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Heh, yes. Because none of us ever adds layers to these posts. Ever. nossy - 05/12/2014 07:34:04 PM 614 Views
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Thus spake Patsy Stone! LiterateDog - 05/12/2014 10:15:44 PM 568 Views
Sweetie Darling The Shrike - 05/12/2014 10:16:34 PM 459 Views
Okay. I can agree that we do go on tangents. LiterateDog - 05/12/2014 10:23:21 PM 879 Views
Re: "Proportions, man." Nebhead - 05/12/2014 03:34:16 PM 737 Views
So what you have implied here then is that The Shrike - 05/12/2014 04:05:10 PM 607 Views
That's a fair assumption to make *shrug* *NM* Nebhead - 07/12/2014 05:35:59 PM 348 Views
And now you're the one doing exactly what you implied Cannoli was doing. LiterateDog - 05/12/2014 05:17:25 PM 534 Views
Implicit in your posts seems to be the assumption that crime rates and arrest rates are equal Ghavrel - 06/12/2014 09:26:13 AM 684 Views
If you want to keep getting deeper in the weeds..... Anonymous2000 - 06/12/2014 07:28:49 PM 504 Views
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the problem with your example is it the execption not the rule random thoughts - 08/12/2014 02:40:14 PM 557 Views
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L-Dog is right, you are wrong, look at the proportion of crimes committed..... Anonymous2000 - 05/12/2014 06:30:29 PM 585 Views
Erm, no. Nebhead - 07/12/2014 05:34:38 PM 729 Views
Unbelievable. I have no words... *NM* ironclad - 04/12/2014 10:15:32 AM 472 Views
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sorry but it isn't random thoughts - 04/12/2014 05:54:27 PM 535 Views
did you actually watch the video of his death? moondog - 04/12/2014 06:30:26 PM 585 Views
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watch the video below - the choke hold applied is barred from use by NYPD rules moondog - 04/12/2014 07:43:15 PM 617 Views
The multi-racial grand jury concluded it wasn't a choke hold. *NM* Anonymous2000 - 04/12/2014 07:47:31 PM 258 Views
with secret testimony how do you know for sure? they only chose not to indict moondog - 04/12/2014 07:52:04 PM 496 Views
The grand jury had all the facts, much, much, much more than you could imagine. Anonymous2000 - 04/12/2014 08:00:51 PM 515 Views
the grand jury had all the facts the DA felt they needed to not indict and much much more moondog - 04/12/2014 08:10:26 PM 435 Views
according to you all they needed was the video and if they didn't see that there is a problem *NM* random thoughts - 04/12/2014 10:58:34 PM 304 Views
I find this video much more damning random thoughts - 05/12/2014 05:01:11 AM 668 Views
That's pretty much what a police lieutenant in my hometown said. Cannoli - 05/12/2014 05:42:51 AM 651 Views
where did you get the heart attack from? wikipedia shows it as a homicide, as it should moondog - 04/12/2014 06:32:44 PM 516 Views
Homicide doesn't equal crime, look up the medical/legal definition of the word. *NM* Anonymous2000 - 04/12/2014 07:49:06 PM 250 Views
if only it were possible to get to the facts in a court case to prove one way or the other *NM* moondog - 04/12/2014 07:53:18 PM 300 Views
Even wiki says he died of a heart attack on his way to the hospital random thoughts - 04/12/2014 08:06:00 PM 502 Views
Wikipedia once told me about President McKinley having magical powers & Terry Goodkind being Batman Cannoli - 04/12/2014 11:44:00 PM 542 Views
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