A video of a murder
by digby
There's no other way to see this:
A 400-pound asthmatic Staten Island dad died Thursday after a cop put him in a chokehold and other officers appeared to slam his head against the sidewalk, video of the incident shows.
“I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe!” Eric Garner, 43, repeatedly screamed after at least five NYPD officers took him down in front of a Tompkinsville beauty supply store when he balked at being handcuffed.
Within moments Garner, a married father of six children with two grandchildren, stopped struggling and appeared to be unconscious as police called paramedics to the scene. An angry crowd gathered, some recording with smartphones.
Read the whole thing. Witnesses say the man had just broken up a fight and wasn't doing anything illegal. But the cops knew they were dealing with a criminal. He had a history of selling untaxed cigarettes, you see. So, you know, they had no choice.
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