As one who supports the police I find myself having to say this regarding Garner:
1.) He should not have resisted. He should have gone with the police, they'd issue him a summons and probably he'd be out in 30 minutes. Some responsibility must fall on his shoulders.
How much?
2.) He ought not be dead. Was it a choke hold? I hear pundits claiming both. You know what?
I don't really care.
I saw the video -- a cop had his arm around Garner's throat.
Probably most pertinent; the autopsy report indicated the coroner said his throat (windpipe, AKA trachea) had been "flattened." Was he in respiratory distress?
He was claiming he couldn't breath. Yet his trachea was flat. Some have claimed that you can't talk if you're being choked.
I fall back on the coroner's report. Sorry; his trachea was flat.
I agree it's not a race issue. I also do not believe it rises to the level of murder. But it does (I think) rise to a negligent homicide of some sort.
To those here who are, or who have served served as police ....I'm sorry but that's how I see it. Now in the Ferguson case I support the police officer; that was self defense. The two police officers who were assassinated this saturday in New York City, that is a horrific event. The shooter saved the taxpayer's some $$$ there by "offing" himself...good riddance, with condolences to his family.
I have a lot of respect for police officers. They do a tough job requiring life or death decisions made in seconds. For the large part they get it right, thank God.
And to those who "serve and protect:" THANK YOU.
1.) He should not have resisted. He should have gone with the police, they'd issue him a summons and probably he'd be out in 30 minutes. Some responsibility must fall on his shoulders.
How much?
2.) He ought not be dead. Was it a choke hold? I hear pundits claiming both. You know what?
I don't really care.
I saw the video -- a cop had his arm around Garner's throat.
Probably most pertinent; the autopsy report indicated the coroner said his throat (windpipe, AKA trachea) had been "flattened." Was he in respiratory distress?
He was claiming he couldn't breath. Yet his trachea was flat. Some have claimed that you can't talk if you're being choked.
I fall back on the coroner's report. Sorry; his trachea was flat.
THAT is not right. CPR should start ASAP.Kevin Gibson said:
I agree it's not a race issue. I also do not believe it rises to the level of murder. But it does (I think) rise to a negligent homicide of some sort.
To those here who are, or who have served served as police ....I'm sorry but that's how I see it. Now in the Ferguson case I support the police officer; that was self defense. The two police officers who were assassinated this saturday in New York City, that is a horrific event. The shooter saved the taxpayer's some $$$ there by "offing" himself...good riddance, with condolences to his family.
I have a lot of respect for police officers. They do a tough job requiring life or death decisions made in seconds. For the large part they get it right, thank God.
And to those who "serve and protect:" THANK YOU.
