Cop distraught over actions.
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As cops took the father of six to the ground, video shows Officer Pantaleo putting the man in a chokehold, a tactic banned by the NYPD in 1993.
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"Things like this happen, unfortunately," said Lynch, noting the office never intended to kill Garner. "And that doesn't mean to lessen it---it means it's the reality. In communities, we have to deal with the reality of the job we have to do."
The reality of your job involves dealing with nonviolent offenders using methods deemed shitty for the past 20 years that could occasionally result in their death when applied by people who don't know what they're doing?
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After the takedown, Garner looked lifeless on the sidewalk as cops stood around without trying to revive him. The autopsy said "prone positioning during physical restraint by the police" and Garner's weight, high blood pressure and asthma were also contributing factors. He weighed about 350 pounds.
Still waiting to read about the part where he resisted arrest and had to be manhandled 3 on 1 in a manner that restricted his airflow.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
