Man Accidentally Killed by Police Choke Hold in Staten Island

[Simfan34]

The only thing that caused his death was the chokehold. Why did they have to be brutal on some guy who's 400 pounds? What can he really do?

He resisted arrest.  Cops can't let people go that physically resist arrest.

I agree that the law is dumb and the cop(s) acted poorly, but Mr Garner instigated the actions by resisting.

This sounds right. Also, cigarettes are expensive for a reason. AggregateDemand is on to something in pointing out that he would have had an untimely death one way or another.

[Simfan34]

People like Al Sharpton... always seem to be reacting to something, never coming up with anything of their own, rushing to the scene whenever some black person is killed by a white person, but not actually making any suggestion as to how this would be changed. The man was stupid. The cop was stupid. It's not racism, it's just stupidity, and nonsense libertarians and leftist heroes seem to be missing that.

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http://nypost.com/2014/07/28/stand-up-police-commissioner-bratton/

[Simfan34]

People playing down his life choices overlook the fact that had he been in better health he most likely would have not died.