Police are trained first responders, they know how to gauge a person's vital signs. They chose to ignore them.

to hold him down and/or in a choke hold because, once he was down, he wasn't going to get up and run anywhere. There is no way he could flee with that many cops around, not to mention getting up at his size.

How does it happen that 4-5 cops were available for an arrest of someone selling cigarettes, anyway?

For most of us, What is the quickest way to get fired from your job? Break the rules! Especially rules that are in place for safety reasons! Unless, of course, you are a cop.

if he had more than two brain cells in his head.

A pox on all cruel, agenda and power-driven people who treat the murder of others as no big deal.

King, I hope you have the worst holiday season ever, and that your entire life goes to shit.

If you weren't such an asshole, I wouldn't say it.

And since that is what caused the problems he was having at that point, that's a far better place to start, especially since the choke hold was against police procedure.

shame on the assholes that keep electing this asshole

What idiots. He might have survived an illegal chokehold if he had weighed less, therefore it's OK to kill him after he communicates his difficulty breathing by putting him in an illegal chokehold? There aren't using logic. They're grasping at straws, desperate to excuse this killing, even if what they say makes no sense.

What an asshole.

who are his constituents? Hope they all heard about his remarks and vote him out of there...

Creepiest opinion on why it's okay to beat up on an obese person cause then you can blame it on the victim for being fat.

Peter, go to hell.