NYPD kills man that stopped a fight (Video)

[NOMIEZVR4]

Staten Island DA looking into death of dad of six after NYPD cop put him in chokehold during sidewalk takedown

Link has video.

WOW. Holy Crap

The Staten Island district attorney is investigating the shocking death of a 400-pound asthmatic dad after a city cop placed him in a chokehold.

Eric Garner, 43, died Thursday after a sidewalk takedown by five NYPD officers making an arrest outside a Tompkinsville beauty parlor.

“My office is working along with the NYPD to do a complete and thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mr. Garner's death,” said District Attorney Daniel M. Donovan Jr. in a Friday statement.

The police Internal Affairs department began its investigation Thursday night, hours after the unarmed man’s death.

The NYPD, in its official statement about the fatal incident, said only that Garner went into cardiac arrest and died at Richmond University Medical Center. No criminal charges were filed Thursday in the death.

But a video captured Garner’s desperate pleas for help as one cop shoved his head into the sidewalk and three others pinned him down — while a fifth cop put him in handcuffs.

“I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe!” he shouted in vain. By the video’s end, Garner was lying motionless on the sidewalk as cops chased eyewitnesses away.

Garner is the married father of six kids and grandfather to two. His outraged family said cops provided them with no details until they arrived at the hospital to identify the body.

Garner says on the video that he was breaking up a fight before cops arrived, and insisted that he was wrongly accused.

“I did nothing,” he said loudly. “I was sitting here the whole time, minding my business.”

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[BS ISF]

damn! that's pretty fucked up.

 

[CuzzinOlaf]

I just posted this on Facebook because it pisses me off so much. I have some cop friends so can't wait to hear their excuses LOL. This fucking police state that is starting to come about really makes me angry. Fucking uniformed thugs taking the justice system into their own hands.

 

[DEEZUZ]

We need a police for teh police

 

[DynaSlim]

NYPD has been getting really really fucked up in recent years. As in these things and harassing people just walking around in their own neighborhood.

 

[CuzzinOlaf]

I know the NYPD (probably Chicago too) are notorious for not reporting things accurately to fudge numbers. I have two friends I grew up with who are NYPD and both have said it to me.

 

[VenomInside]

 

[VenomousDSG]

Would like to see full video. FULL video, of how it all started.

Seems the guy who died also had been arrested 30+ times in the past. And with him being black I bet this will all get spun into something racial.

 

[boostedguy05]

if you can talk you can breath. they probably thought he was faking it.

 

[HeavyG]

sad sad sad...couldnt watch it....he could have been telling the truth but ya dont fight the police.

 

[deviantlx]

"fat ass down, I repeat, fat ass down. request backup so we can choke this fat fuck out!"

 

[DynaSlim]

 

[P40E]

if you can talk you can breath.

Not true .

 

[P40E]

sad sad sad...couldnt watch it....he could have been telling the truth but ya dont fight the police.

Video was actually pretty weak . Go ahead and watch it .

 

[99PONTIACGP]

Sucks for that dude, but if they're arresting you, you can't resist.

Not saying the arrest was plausible, but he resisted.

 

[Ear Rak]

I'm sorry, but this was just wrong. I'm not saying the subduing was wrong, but if a man is pleading that he can't breath, 1...2...3..4..5 times in a row, take a fucking hint. He can't breath. Murder IMO. Every cop touching him while he was being choked out deserves 10 years or more.

 

[BrianG]

Man, that is really unfortunate. In any other case where the cops had nothing to go on with regards to this guy's involvement in an altercation, the cops would have taken statements, and then taken a walk.

 

[nytebyte]

Based on other similar situations, I can already predict the outcome of this:

The murder will be labeled as "justified" and the cops will be cleared of any wrongdoing.
There will be zero accountability.

 

[Primalzer]

Sucks for that dude, but if they're arresting you, you can't resist.

Not saying the arrest was plausible, but he resisted.

This. Why do you resist an arrest like that? Nothing good will come out of it. It's not like you are suddenly going to convince the police officer you are innocent while you are struggling to get free.

Obviously I do not agree with the officers methods at all, and no one should have died as of a result of this situation. I think both sides were in the wrong, and unfortunately a (presumably) innocent man is dead. Let them arrest you, and sort it out later. If you are really pissed and you turn out to be innocent, sue for wrongful arrest.

 

[Lead Pipe]

More media twisting to get people all up in arms so my FB news feed can be littered with "fuck the police" posts from a bunch of degenerates and stoners. You are 40 years old with 6 kids and married? Big deal, don't act like a fucking douche. Everyone has been a victim of police abusing their authority but if you act with a little respect and restraint you usually walk away with a ticket at worst. People want to resist arrest and perpetuate a problem than blame the cops. Don't be an idiot, you'll live longer.

 

[TCG Member 5219]

So I scanned this thread, but Im sure I may have missed it. Didnt this guy just have a heart attack during the encounter? And died from that, not a weak sauce choke hold?? I have read that on other places, and Im sure thats what happened. If thats the case, he would have had a grabber somewhere else in some other stressful situation no?

 

[P40E]

The cop got his badge taken away (for now at least) . Choke holds are prohibited there . The department has gone through this before .

The cop has also been sued questioned in the past for other incidents .

 

[greasy]

Unreal, just watched this video for the first time given the circumstances in New York right now. The cop's actions in this video are not justified in any way.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Unreal, just watched this video for the first time given the circumstances in New York right now. The cop's actions in this video are not justified in any way.

Not only that but they put a chokehold (against NYPD protocol) and had 2 guys on his back (also against protocol)

I hope they fire the cops. Seriously all this ruckus for selling cigs!?!? NYPD killed someone over some cigs. Unbelievable.

You know what the NYPD needs!?!

This :

 

[greasy]

Was he selling cigarettes? Some say that he was breaking up a fight. I do not know enough about the back story, but it sure did not seem like anything had happened that warranted physical force.