Ferguson / Staten Island Decisions -- No Indictments

Baron, for one, appears to be saying Garner courted death by breaking the law selling untaxed cigarettes.

Mainly, though, I was trying to refocus the discussion where it belongs. There was a tangent developing between you and Ragu about whether Garner was falsely accused or guilty, which does not address the real issue, which is that, with video evidence showing Garner did not pose an imminent threat to officers or bystanders, he was choked to death by an officer of the law who was using a hold that is prohibited by his department.

When that video, and other evidence was presented to a grand jury - which was not instructed to consider reckless endangerment as a possible charge - they decided not to indict that officer on charges of manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide.

It has nothing to do with whether Garner was falsely accused or rightly accused.

 

Does not seem like you are offering the cop the same right of presumed innocence
as you expect for Garner.

 

Oh?

 

My one conclusion so far is that local prosecutors should NEVER be involved in cases involving potentially criminal cops. The cases need to be handled at arm's length to ensure integrity of the process and the public's continued faith in the process.

 

I don't think that's a bad idea at all.

 

+1 --Crown Heights was a Grand Jury with Special Prosecutor appointed
by Governor. Lead to indictment.

 

I've already pointed this out to you. Wrestlers can use the chokehold up until the referee counts to five, unless the match is a no-disqualification one, in which they can choke the guy to death if they so wish, unless the ref stops the match.

 

Eddie's brother is The DA. Worked himself through St John's bartending

 

Landlord and residents should arm themselves with guns. Next time they're on your property, call the police and tell them there are trespassers on your stoop, and that you will need their assistance in removing them, either physically, or their dead bodies.