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ariesgem

(1,634 posts)
Fri Jul 18, 2014, 12:38 PM Jul 2014

VIDEO -NY father dies after being put in a choke hold with police

Eric Garner was standing on a sidewalk when police, who accused him of selling untaxed cigarettes, approached him.Garner, 43, told police that he hadn't sold anything and to leave him alone.

After a brief standoff, five police officers attempted to take the 400-pound Staten Island, N.Y., father of six down to the ground. Video footage from the incident shows Garner being choked from behind by one officer as the other officers attempt to handcuff him, the New York Daily News reports. Garner can be heard on the footage saying, "I can't breathe. I can't breathe."




Witnesses say that Eric Garner was breaking up a fight when police approached him about selling untaxed cigarettes. A struggle ensued, a police chokehold was applied and moments later, Garner was dead. 


http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/07/video_ny_father_dies_after_being_put_in_chokehold_by_police.html

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VIDEO -NY father dies after being put in a choke hold with police (Original Post) ariesgem Jul 2014 OP
God damn it! Are those cops in jail??? Arrrggghh!!! nt ChisolmTrailDem Jul 2014 #1
He was murdered SamKnause Jul 2014 #2
5 police officers for untaxed cigarettes? Live and Learn Jul 2014 #3
There was probably something else that pissed them off. redqueen Jul 2014 #9
As usual, edgineered Jul 2014 #18
They will no doubt investigate themselves. edgineered Jul 2014 #4
Yep ariesgem Jul 2014 #7
Every day there is a new one. woo me with science Jul 2014 #5
Absolutely sickening. (nt) enough Jul 2014 #6
wow DustyJoe Jul 2014 #8
Video proof!! IcyPeas Jul 2014 #10
We need a national commission on law enforcement standards and practices. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2014 #11
Yay, Cops! Iggo Jul 2014 #12
fuck tha police frylock Jul 2014 #13
Ugh. nt conservaphobe Jul 2014 #14
#99's going to get a 30 day paid vacation while they investigate this. bluesbassman Jul 2014 #15
That's always the case ariesgem Jul 2014 #16
liveleak video link PowerToThePeople Jul 2014 #17
#JusticeforEricGarner napkinz Jul 2014 #19
... napkinz Jul 2014 #20

Live and Learn

(12,769 posts)
3. 5 police officers for untaxed cigarettes?
Fri Jul 18, 2014, 12:45 PM
Jul 2014

Makes me think we have too many officers searching for any excuse to relieve their pent up hostility toward 'civilians'.

redqueen

(115,103 posts)
9. There was probably something else that pissed them off.
Fri Jul 18, 2014, 01:28 PM
Jul 2014

Cops can be fucking brutal if they're in a bad mood and something rubs them the wrong way.

There is video evidence of it happening all over the place. Unfortunately for this guy and his loved ones, this time their brutality cost another life.

edgineered

(2,101 posts)
4. They will no doubt investigate themselves.
Fri Jul 18, 2014, 12:50 PM
Jul 2014

The video will be deemed inadmissible for some reason. This will be called an unfortunate accident, etc, etc, etc.

There is no end in sight for the police state; be careful not to speak against it. Once again we will be reminded of how free we are, and lucky to be shielded from horrendous crimes like selling cigarettes.

IcyPeas

(21,871 posts)
10. Video proof!!
Fri Jul 18, 2014, 02:15 PM
Jul 2014

We have video proof over and over again and yet this kind of thing keeps happening. alive one minute, piled on by police and dead the next. How do they keep getting away with this?

bluesbassman

(19,373 posts)
15. #99's going to get a 30 day paid vacation while they investigate this.
Fri Jul 18, 2014, 02:52 PM
Jul 2014

Then the result will be "justifiable" use of force and he'll be back on the street.

Hope Mr. Garner's family gets good representation for their civil suit.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
19. #JusticeforEricGarner
Mon Jul 21, 2014, 05:09 PM
Jul 2014
http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/eric_garner/




Please take action and demand that NYC Police Commissioner Bill Bratton immediately start the process to fire all the officers involved in this devastating police killing. Furthermore, Mayor Bill de Blasio and District Attorney Donovan have the power and the responsibility to hold the police department completely accountable.

Here's the letter we'll send NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan on your behalf. You can add a personal comment using the box provided.

Dear District Attorney Donovan, Mayor de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bratton,

I am deeply troubled by the outrageous conduct of the officers who choked Eric Garner to death in Staten Island. Garner is the latest in a long history of Black and brown New Yorkers who have unjustly had their lives cut short by police officers over the past decades. But this time the entire brutal encounter was caught on tape.

The officers involved can be seen using a violent chokehold to subdue Eric – which runs counter to the NYPD's use of force policy. This brutal choking is yet another example of unnecessary police encounters resulting from policing policies and practices that target Black and brown communities, such as Stop and Frisk and now Commissioner Bratton's "broken windows" tactic. These discriminatory tactics subject Black and brown New Yorkers to constant harassment, violence and can can quickly escalate and turn fatal.

In order for these incidents to end, it is critical that a thorough and fair investigation be conducted, justice be served and all of the officers involved in the deadly altercation be held accountable.

We demand that these officers be held completely accountable for their outrageus conduct and excessive use of force.

Sincerely,

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