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Grand Jury Declines to Indict NYPD Officer in Eric Garner Chokehold Death: Sources
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| Dec 3, 2014 • Updated at 2:28 PM EST
| Andrew Siff and Jonathan Dienst
Posted on 12/03/2014 11:28:41 AM PST by dead
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To: dead
Just curious ... Did you watch the video? This guy would still be alive if he had simply obeyed the law. Don’t like the stupid NY laws? Then change them. The officers were trying simply to arrest this guy. He resisted. IF you actually watched the video then you might have noticed how much bigger he was than any of the officers. There was NO choke hold that could be seen at all
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:13:05 PM PST
by
Nifster
To: navysealdad
normally, I would say that his record should come in to play but this guy was selling single cigarettes on the street. Confiscate, give him a ticket and move on. His crime was not worth the attention it received from the police.
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:15:59 PM PST
by
newnhdad
(Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
To: dead
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:18:01 PM PST
by
Biggirl
(2014 MIdterms Were BOTH A Giant Wave And Restraining Order)
To: Conscience of a Conservative
“remember that this incident started because Garner was suspected of selling untaxed cigarettes.”
I don’t know much about this particular incident, so I am sure I will learn more from my fellow FReepers. That said, your comment above now reflects a death toll from the war on tobacco to be higher than the death toll resulting from “second hand smoke!”
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:21:12 PM PST
by
CSM
To: DoodleDawg
I didn't realize that it was a capital offense. Everything is now a capital offense.
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:22:24 PM PST
by
zeugma
(The act of observing disturbs the observed.)
To: dead
Yeah, I’m thinking this cop SHOULD have been indicted.
To: dead
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:23:56 PM PST
by
Lexington Green
(Today, an Ivy League diploma certifies that you are an idiot.)
To: Nifster
Correct..how in the hell can a “chokehold” be applied when the guy’s neck is as big around as a normal person’s thigh? It took two arms just to get a grip..one was from under the gentleman’s arm.
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:23:57 PM PST
by
AFret.
To: dead
The BIG concern is going to be that tonight the yearly lighting of the Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Center is going to be taking place and that must have gotten the folks planning that event very, very NERVOUS now.
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:25:21 PM PST
by
Biggirl
(2014 MIdterms Were BOTH A Giant Wave And Restraining Order)
To: stephenjohnbanker
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:27:11 PM PST
by
Biggirl
(2014 MIdterms Were BOTH A Giant Wave And Restraining Order)
To: dead
“I can’t breathe.” Said every little brother ever.
Now the crooks have a simple way out of every arrest.
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:32:06 PM PST
by
SJSAMPLE
To: dead
I’m 3 for 3 (trayvon/mbrown/Gardner) in my jury predictions!
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:34:11 PM PST
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Red Badger
Okay. when do the riots in Manhattan begin?....
...as soon as the Chardonnay and Bree is finished...
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:34:20 PM PST
by
BigEdLB
(Now there ARE 1,000,000 regrets - but it may be too late.)
To: BigEdLB
I want to see them riot in Staten Island. DeBlahblah won’t even go there.
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:35:53 PM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
(You can't spell liberal without label.)
To: SJSAMPLE
I cant breathe. Said every little brother ever. Now the crooks have a simple way out of every arrest.It's more convincing when you die.
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:36:23 PM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: MeanGreen2008
Arthur Aidala was just on FOX and he was saying one reason they may not have indicted the cop is that they autopsy said there was no damage to the perps neck or throat.
Probably no petechial hemorrhage in his eyes either.
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:36:25 PM PST
by
dforest
To: dead
I can’t wait for all the new protesters to institute the chokehold when protesting - perhaps choking each other.
Maybe they can begin in Congress again.
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:37:17 PM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: Conscience of a Conservative
Unlike Ferguson, this is a case where the officer(s) involved were clearly in the wrong. The video is pretty damning. I have to agree. Without a doubt excessive force was used. I am not sure how they did not get an indictment. The only ting I can think of is that the prosecutor went all in for murder one and did not attempt a lesser charge.
At any rate if you live in NYC ammo up and board the windows its going to be one hell of a week.
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:37:39 PM PST
by
usurper
(Liberals GET OFF MY LAWN)
To: EQAndyBuzz
Wilhelm canceled his appearance at what he called “the commerce tree” lighting.
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:38:01 PM PST
by
dforest
To: SJSAMPLE
I cant breathe. Said every little brother ever. Now the crooks have a simple way out of every arrest. I guess he escaped arrest by dying.
Gezzuz...
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posted on
12/03/2014 12:38:58 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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