Posted on 12/03/2014 11:28:41 AM PST by dead
A New York City grand jury has declined to indict an NYPD officer in the chokehold case of Eric Garner, the unarmed man who died while being arrested on Staten Island earlier this year.
In opting not to indict, the panel determined there was not probable cause that a crime was committed by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was seen on a widely watched amateur video showing him wrapping his arm around Garner's neck as Garner yelled, "I can't breathe!" during the summer altercation.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnewyork.com ...
The usual social misfits are posting on twitter and facebook joking about the officer.
Social Media has caused too many people to be inappropriate at best and at worst, threats/bullying and incitement.
Well at least something good came out of all this....he didn’t have a dog with him.......
Not every guy who serves in the military is a hero good guy. They kill their wives, friends, rape people and are gang members.
So is the average citizen guilty of all of the above. Most are not criminals, but that is how life is.
That said, this has to be looked at case by case. Cops are LAW ENFORCEMENT officers. It isn’t up to them to pick and choose or agree with all the laws that are their duty to enforce. I always hated some of the sting operations, even though I know they have a place in the scheme of things.
With this case, and the Ferguson case, do either of these cops have a record or complaints of overuse of deadly or extreme force? Most likely they do not.
As I said earlier, I doubt this cop wanted this fella dead or meant something like this to happen, for obvious reasons. It is sad, but that does not make him a murderer. It makes him a cop doing his duty and a tragedy happened as a result of that.I am sure it had nothing to do with race because I would bet this action has also been used on white offenders. I have never had any bad encounters with the average cop, but then I don't break the law. If I did, I would expect bad results and have to decide if my choices were worth the possible consequences.
This on the East High School web site, from the Principal whom apparently “helped” manage traffic when his students LEFT the school. As an afterthought, at the bottom of his edu-psycho babble, he left a short comment about the injured officers. Very SHORT. His “letter” to parents speaks for itself. (Hey Andy, the school would have been responsible for ANY of those kids that left, had they gotten hurt while you were “supervising” them on your walk)
12/3/2014
Dear East High School Families and Guardians,
Today, about 500 East students walked out of school today as a statement of solidarity regarding the situation in Ferguson, Missouri. These students gathered outside the school before leaving the campus and proceeded to walk west past the Capitol and down the 16th Street Mall. To ensure the students’ safety, myself, DPS Safety and Security officers and Denver police officers joined the group and helped to manage traffic safety. The march was peaceful, and the students returned safely to school about two hours later. Classes continued as usual for all other students.
To be clear, not all East students participated in this walkout. I encourage you to take this opportunity to have an open conversation with your student to learn if they participated in today’s walk-out and act of solidarity in response this important community conversation. It’s important for our students to join these critical community conversations, and they have demonstrated their engagement in these important issues by interjecting their voices in thoughtful and peaceful means. We hope to see this thoughtful dialogue carry into the classroom and continue with important discussions that affect our community.
I would also like to make you aware that a few Denver police officers were injured near the area where students were protesting. A vehicle struck the officers. Some students may have witnessed this incident. Please let us know if your student needs support. Our counselors are available to talk with students if they need support after witnesses this frightening incident. At this time, we don’t have updates on the conditions of the officers, but our thoughts are with them, and we wish them a speedy recovery.
Thank you,
Andy Mendelsberg
East High School Principal
http://east.dpsk12.org/
(I guess the students belong to the school and Parents are irrelevant)
The guy died because he was selling cigarettes.
The Tunisia Arab Spring started with some guy selling fruit or flowers . Different country but might be the same result.
The question I have is this: Why was this stupid, asinine cigarette law on the books in the first place? A man died resisting arrest because of a law that shouldn’t have even been on the books, much less enforced.
Not for long though.
ever notice that this kind of thing only happens in liberal cities/states?
I was right about everything in it, and your ignorance does not anger me in the slightest.
I'll let Ayn Rand answer that one.
"There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted and you create a nation of law-breakers — and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system.”
So, the head of the police officer’s union is more credible on the cause of death than the medical examiner?
He was perpetrating a crime and resisted arrest.
Not a good idea if you want to avoid a beating (at a minimum) from NYPD .
They ride 2 in the car and are operating under 007 rules.
They have a license to kill.
Uh, no.
The NYPD used the USUAL amount of force they do.
This isn’t about race or politics or left or right.
It’s about public servants who should be protecting and defending overstepping their authority, and taking public lives or their pets, etc in the process. I no longer make excuses for law enforcement even though they have a tough job dealing with the dregs of society. They get paid well and they retire damn well, which is more than many taxpaying Americans get.
My views are that police that are incompetent, that shoot the wrong person at the wrong house, or obviously over step their bounds need charged criminally. Their pension funds needs assessed if taxpayers are put on the hook for their actions. They need held civilly liable too just as most Americans are if they do something negligent that hurts others while doing their job. No more excuses.
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