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marcus says

they proceed to jump on this guy, who is obviously non violent and not being physically dangerous.

Resisting arrest is considered physically dangerous.

Running away, if the cop believes you might present a danger to someone else if they let you get away, is physically dangerous.

humanity says

As if the fact that a lot or even most criminals lie while being arrested means that cops need to ignore a guy who has multiple people on top of him choking him and pressing him to the ground while he is crying out "I can't breathe."

Sometimes cops assault people who are in diabetic shock, thinking they can get away with it because they're "Just a Junkie".

Happens all the time.

Tazed after a car crash due to hypoglycemic shock:
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/10/24/diabetic-cleburne-teen-hit-with-taser-after-crash/

UK Police shoot diabetic man with tazer, because on bus with backpack and unresponsive:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-494199/Police-shot-diabetic-coma-Taser--thought-suicide-bomber.html

Several other times:
Diabetic Girl beaten by school officer for falling asleep
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/diabetic-high-school-girl-beaten-police-officer-and-arrested-falling-asleep-class

Diabetic teen denied insulin, dies in custody, was not perpetrator
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/nypd-suspected-diabetic-boy-insulin-suit-article-1.1888838

"Stop resisting mother f----r. Stop resisting mother f----r," the officer yells as the man appears helpless, lying on the ground.

"It's alarming and it's egregious," says the man's attorney, Todd Moody. "It will make you a little sick to your stomach watching it."

Notice the cops cleverly said "Stop resisting" even though the guy was on the ground and likely on the verge of a diabetic coma, if not already passed out.

The worst story was about a 14-16 year old kid who visited a friend on his bike, he forgot his insulin, on his way home he got lost, started having an attack. Fell off his bike from the overpass onto the median of a highway. Somebody called 9/11. When the cops show up, they start laughing, then cursing him, kicking him, and taze him repeatedly while he was in a diabetic coma barely breathing with severe injuries from the dozens of feet he fell onto the pavement. Can't find it though.

Vicente says

Resisting arrest is considered physically dangerous.

Yeah, I understand. And the guy was stupid to be telling the cops they had to leave him alone. That's pretty much guaranteeing an arrest. But I've dealt with enough crazy people (not the he was crazy) to be able to assure you that even if that guy was a risk of fighting back (which I doubt from the looks of it), that the way that was handled was not necessary.

Notice that within 20 seconds there are what, 10 Cops there ? They're all over him and jamming his head into the ground while he tells them he can't breathe.

I understand those cops deal with the worst people out there at times (that is of the ones that aren't already in prison). Still, that was handled wrong. And that kind of overkill surely happens all the time in New York. We only saw it this time because the guy died.

"We are in the business of protecting life, not taking it," Chief Timoney said. "We're in the business of officer safety. The bottom line of the whole thing is that if somebody is emotionally disturbed they really need police help and we should render it in the most humane and professional way possible."

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/24/nyregion/kelly-bans-choke-holds-by-officers.html

I can't believe some people are defending the LEO in this case. Six LEOs were on top of a big old fat guy and crushed or choked him to death. Sure he had some medical conditions. If you are not a moron, you would know that by looking at the guy. This guy probably would have taken 30 seconds to get off the ground on his own accord under the best of conditions. He didn't pose the least bit of threat to the LEOs, so there's no reason to crush or choke him out.

I agree that it's not murder. It sure does look like manslaughter though, or at least reckless endangerment or something. It certainly merited a trial, and the grand jury should have been able to watch the tape.

YesYNot says

I can't believe some people are defending the LEO in this case.

Yeah. I have a theory. You see it's because the guy (Garner) is (was) black. It's a little counter intuitive. You have to be an enlightened conservative that only "judges people on the content of their character"® to understand.

YesYNot says

Sure he had some medical conditions. If you are not a moron, you would know that by looking at the guy. This guy probably would have taken 30 seconds to get off the ground on his own accord under the best of conditions.

Yep. Where's the common sense ? Not to even mention maybe the tiniest bit of compassion.

Here's Jon Stewart on this.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/12/04/i-honestly-dont-know-what-to-say-jon-stewart-goes-serious-on-eric-garner/