The tape shows clearly that the cops forearm was around the man’s neck. I saw the tatooed paramilitary guy with his knee on the mans head. There were six cops immediately on the guy, followed by a swarm within a minute later as if somebody had opened a can of them.
The man was not threatening anybody; he was gesticulating and pleading. The narrator said that he’d just broken up a fight. I don’t know if they have any footage or testimony of seeing the guy peddling cigarettes. Cops always make up crap like that standard cya.
So what’s different?
In the first place, it’s New York.
In the second place, they’re New York Union cops.
“The tape shows clearly that the cops forearm was around the man’s neck. I saw the tatooed paramilitary guy with his knee on the mans head”
Yeah, that’s what I saw too. Some people are saying there was no chokehold, it was a “seatbelt” maneuver. Well, you can see at the beginning, when he is standing up, it is not a chokehold, because the officer is reaching up from under his armpit. However, when they try to take him down, the officer loses his grip and reaches over the shoulder to get a hold on him. At that point, it was a chokehold.