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After NYPD puts him in chokehold.

 

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A 43-year-old Staten Island man died after being put in a chokehold when plainclothes officers from the New York Police Department tried to take him into custody for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes, according to multiple reports.

Video showed Eric Garner, 43, being put in a chokehold during an arrest in Staten Island on July 17, 2014. (Credit: New York Daily News)

 

Video showed Eric Garner, 43, being put in a chokehold during an arrest in Staten Island on July 17, 2014. (Credit: New York Daily News)

 

Witnesses told the Los Angeles Times that the man was approached by several NYPD officers after breaking up a fight on Thursday afternoon.

 

The officers had wanted to question Garner about the possible sale of illegal cigarettes, something he had been charged with several times previously, the Times reported.

 

The escalating confrontation between police and Garner, a married father of six, was captured by a bystander on cell phone video that was obtained by the New York Daily News.

 

In the video, officers can be seen talking to Garner outside a store.

 

“I didn’t do nothing. What did I do?” he asked them. “I didn’t sell anything.”

 

As the officers continue to speak with him, Garner raised his voice, begging them to just leave him alone.

 

“I’m minding my business, officer… please just leave me alone,” he yelled.

 

Moments later, two of the officers approach Garner and began touching him.

 

“Don’t touch me, please… do not touch me,” he told them while they grabbed him from two different directions, the video showed.

 

One of the officers could then be seen grabbing Garner’s neck and pulling him into a chokehold, according to the video. The father then fell to the ground as one of the officers appeared to tackle him.

 

Several other officers then rushed in to help assist in putting handcuffs on him.

 

As they attempted to subdue him, Garner — who suffered from chronic asthma according to reports — repeatedly and frantically told officers that he couldn’t breathe, but they continued and pushed his head and body against the ground, the video showed.

 

Shortly after, a man said off-camera that “they gave this man a seizure,” and Garner could be seen lying motionless on the ground.

 

He died at a hospital about an hour later, according to the Times. Garner’s cause of death was still being determined.

 

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio addressed the incident in a press conference and promised a thorough investigation.

 

“Like so many New Yorkers, I was very troubled by the video I reviewed earlier today,” the mayor said. “I have instructed [Police] Commissioner [William] Bratton to ensure that there will be a full and thorough investigation of this incident.”

 

Gary Nieves Jr., who witnessed the confrontation, told the Times the incident has shaken area residents.

 

“People are outraged. They want answers,” he said. “They want to not feel like victims.”

 

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Yup, with guys like you on the force, in just a few more years we'll be able to compete with Africa, South Amrica and Haiti in this . . .

 

Its just a short matter of time until white people won't be any safer.

Classic

 

.........as we continue on.......

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Looks like they told him he was under arrest and to turn around to be cuffed, no?


What do you do when they you to do that?


He'd been arrested 31 times before.


He had asthma and probably also had undiagnosed coronary artery disease.....he died because he couldn't move any air at a time of maximum oxygen demand given the exertion during resisting arrest.....myocardium doesn't like it when it can't get oxygen hence he had a heart attack and died.  The "choke" did nothing but help get him to the ground.


Should they have just told him to be on his way?  Probably......but SI isn't Mayberry.


Glad I'm not a cop.....I'd either let everyone go or kill them all.....there's no in between anymore.


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Seems to me the cops put a little too much enthusiasm into subduing him. They could have taken him low at anytime and after they had him down, one cop appeared to be pressing his head into the ground unnecessarily. He should have been a kitten and gone along, the cops were just looking for an excuse and the guy ends up dead. I'm not even taking into account the dead guys past or what he was being accused of, selling illegal cigs at 400 lbs. makes you an easy arrest. Cops will get off but they killed him.

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RIP JM
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