—>>>Patrick Lynch stands by his claim that this was not a choke hold. But I don’t think the technical definition matters all that much. I guess it does if what the cop did was legal rather than illegal. You will see why this is more complicated when the evidence is released.
All this is very true. And, if shown there is a difference in these holds, by now, millions think they deliberately choked the guy / to cause the death / can’t put the Jeanie back in now.. It was an accident / not about race / or hate crime as the left is saying. This cop’s life is done like Darrin Wilson. I feel bad there is a death but why don’t people just stop and not fight the police. Now, the media has another narrative / blacks being killed by white police. The man was warned repeatedly not to be there. Right from the beginning, he told the police that he wasn’t going anywhere.
A chokehold is just that: a hold. The cop put his arm around Garner’s neck and pulled him back, which is not a “hold.”
Maybe they should have clubbed him instead?
Lynch had an op-ed in the New York Post weeks and weeks ago, telling all about the choke hold and how this wasn’t, so everybody knew. Many don’t care about the facts. I’m not an expert on these holds but some freepers seemed to be, on the original thread. It wasn’t a case of the facts not coming out soon enough. But it didn’t matter I guess.