Man's Death By Police Chokehold Ruled Homicide

[Valley Oak]

This is the kind of conclusion/investigation we should have had with Gelhaus killing Andy Lopez if DA Ravitch had done her job!

Eric Garner's Death By Police Chokehold Ruled A Homicide



NEW YORK (AP) — A chokehold used by a white police officer on a black New York City man during his arrest for selling untaxed, loose cigarettes last month caused his death, the medical examiner announced Friday, ruling it a homicide.

Eric Garner, 43, whose videotaped confrontation with police has caused widespread outcry and calls by the Rev. Al Sharpton for federal prosecution, was killed by "the compression of his chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police," said medical examiner spokeswoman Julie Bolcer.

Asthma, heart disease and obesity were contributing factors, she said...

[Beverly Schenck]

When I saw the police aggressively trying to contain Eric Garner it looked like a wild pack of dogs taking down their prey. How very sad.

This is the kind of conclusion/investigation we should have had with Gelhaus killing Andy Lopez if DA Ravitch had done her job!

Eric Garner's Death By Police Chokehold Ruled A Homicide



NEW YORK (AP) — A chokehold used by a white police officer on a black New York City man during his arrest for selling untaxed, loose cigarettes last month caused his death, the medical examiner announced Friday, ruling it a homicide.

Eric Garner, 43, whose videotaped confrontation with police has caused widespread outcry and calls by the Rev. Al Sharpton for federal prosecution, was killed by "the compression of his chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police," said medical examiner spokeswoman Julie Bolcer.

Asthma, heart disease and obesity were contributing factors, she said...