Selling CIGARETTES? Taxed or not, deserving of the death penalty! < /sarc >
I’ll wager the guy did not die from the ‘choke hold,’ he likely died from a heart attack from exerting himself during the arrest. The ‘choke hold’ is actually very safe.
This proves cigarettes are bad for your health.
A friend of mine who used to sell “lucies” out of her small coffee shop was fined. She was not put in a choke hold.
An ambulance was called and Garner went into cardiac arrest while he was being taken to Richmond University Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead, Bratton said.
http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/eric-garner-died-after- cops-use-chokehold-on-him-nypd-says-1.8837654
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Looks like he was unresponsive on the sidewalk before the medics got there. At the 1:36 mark, one of the witnesses can be heard saying that he was having a seizure. Bratton is on shaky ground with this claim.
Never thought I’d be on the same side as Sharpton, but in this particular case I am. Cops seem to get off on using tasers... why didn’t they in this case?