On 12/3/2014 7:21 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/3/2014 7:08 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 18:52:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


So now I have questions.

The guy who was killed in New York was resisting. May not have been
physical, but certainly was verbal. He was not cooperating with or
obeying the commands of the police.

For that he could be found guilty of resisting arrest.

Different issue:

One of the cops applied a choke hold. The medical examiner's report
indicated that it contributed to Garner's death which was determined to
be a homicide.

Whether it was really a 'choke hold' or not appears to be questionable
according to a source on CNN about ten minutes ago.

A choke hold in NY is not permitted under any circumstances per NYPD
policy. It is considered to be excessive force.

Key word is 'policy'.

Questions:

Is the choke therefore against the law?

NYPD policy is not law, per se.

If so, didn't the cop break the law?

N/A

If so, the law is black or white. You either break it or you don't.

Again, N/A


If the cop broke the law how can he be found to be not accountable for a
homicide?

He did not break the law, but violated NYPD policy.

Not trying to be cute here. I don't know the answers to these
questions.


Watch some CNN. It's probably not as biased as MSNBC.



I watch CNN about 80 percent of the time. Watching it right now.
Media people can debate if the cop used a choke hold or not all day.
The findings of the medical examiner says he was choked and it
contributed to his death.

Did the GJ decide to disregard the medical examiner's findings?
Did they decide it was not a homicide?

Doesn't make sense to me.



The choking wasn't THE cause of death. It seems there were numerous
contributing factors.