Michael Brown

[Sidelle]

Originally Posted by AnOldEnemy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Chokehold isn't illegal. While it is banned by NYPD regulation it is legal under state law while making a lawful arrest. There was over 200,000 misdemeanor arrests in NYC in 2013 and how often do you see this happen? So much for the overzealous NYPD killing everyone right?

I'm only speaking of this particular case. My opinion, based on the information I've seen so far, is that I think the cops went overboard here and it appears they recklessly or negligently caused this man's death. I don't believe I was implying in any way that the NYPD are generally "overzealous" or run around "killing everyone" whenever they feel like it though. Lol.

So NY state law says it's legal to use a choke hold and the NYC regulations have banned it's use. Were the cops acting lawfully or not when they used it on Eric Garner then? Confused and not a lawyer...

In any case, they could have eased up a bit on the guy once he was down. They weren't in danger from him at that point, at least he wasn't trying to hurt them that I could see.