Man Accidentally Killed by Police Choke Hold in Staten Island

[AggregateDemand]

I sympathize with the man who died in custody. Police brutality is not something we can casually gloss over, but I'm not sure how we can make the police responsible for preserving the life of a man who was effectively committing suicide via gluttony.

If the suspect lacks the instinct of self-preservation, it seems a bit absurd to make law enforcement responsible for keeping him alive.

[AggregateDemand]

Your "sympathy" is underwhelming, even appalling.

Your self-serving slacktivism is propelling America to new heights.

[AggregateDemand]

Oh what the hell. Against my better judgment, explain yourself.

Seriously, as usual no one has a clue what you're trying to say.

Nothing. I'm just accusing you of paying lip-service to the politically-correct cause to bolster your own image. Standard ad hominem internet rebuttal, like accusing people of being uncouth or stone-hearted.

[AggregateDemand]

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.

His future was uncertain. My point is that the cause of death is directly attributable to his own self-neglect and his choice to resist arrest (assuming he actually did resist arrest). Can we really expect officers to preserve the lives of citizens, who are inadvertently killing themselves?

The possibility of excessive force via choke-hold, seems unrelated to the man's death.