This case must be distinguished from Ferguson where the decedent was a thug and the behavior displayed following the incident by the hoodlums feigning concern dishonored the distinguished memory of our revered civil rights icons. Both the autopsy and the video in Garner's case rightly indicate probable criminal negligence. Unlike Ferguson, there should have been an indictment in this case.
Hearing this man beg for air only to be ignored by the NYPD directly
leading to his death is both heartbreaking and inexcusable. Once he let
the officers know that he couldn't breathe, the officers were under a
moral and legal obligation to release him enough to remedy the life
threatening activity. End of story. The type of "hold" that was used to
restrain Garner is irrelevant. There were no exigent circumstances here
justifying turning a deaf ear to this man's cries for his life. Let's
pray for his family and that the NYPD realizes its errors and does the
honorable thing here to make this right.
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