On July 17, Eric Garner, a 43-year-old NY resident, was confronted by the NYPD for allegedly selling ‘untaxed’ cigarettes.
Garner questioned the thugs officers about why he was being harassed. At least two witnesses filmed the incident, which clearly shows Daniel Pantaleo, one of the NYPD bullies, throw Garner into a chokehold – a move that was banned by the police force in 1993.
After Garner was choked and brought to the ground, he repeatedly said ‘I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe!’ Yet, officers continued to hold him down.
Garner fell silent and paramedics were called.
While waiting for medical help to arrive, several officers stood over Garner but did not administer CPR.
Details of the incident are disturbing. As we reported on July 18:
Witnesses described what happened:
‘They ran up on him and got rough right away. He wasn’t fighting back,’ said witness Gordon Benson, 33.
‘When he was on the ground, they kept holding him by the neck.’
‘They jumped him and they were choking him. He was foaming at the mouth,’ Ramsey Orta said. ‘And that’s it, he was done. The cops were saying, ‘No, he’s OK, he’s OK.’ He wasn’t OK.’
‘They were choking him. He kept saying, ‘I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe! Get off of me, get off of me!’ and I didn’t hear any more talking after that,’ said witness Valencia Griffin, 50, of Staten Island. ‘He died right there.’
This post was published at The Daily Sheeple on December 2nd, 2014.
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