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Apparently two types of people. Cops and Ham Sandwiches.

If a ham sandwich is wearing a badge, carrying a gun and gives me a lawful order I'm going to comply.

If Eric Garner had chosen to STFU instead of becoming argumentative he would be alive today.

31 arrests. Consistent poor life choices.

Apparently two types of people. Cops and Ham Sandwiches.

But in NYC you can't have guns so there can be no violence.

Good thing he was just selling cigs. In NY if it were big gulps the cops would have been justified in shooting.

A grand jury voted not to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner � but the eight-year veteran isn�t off the hook just yet.
Pantaleo � who was placed on modified duty after Garner�s death on July 17 � is still being investigated by the Internal Affairs Bureau, which is looking into his possible use of excessive force and may decide to charge him departmentally.
�If so, there will be a departmental trial,� a source said.
At the end of that trial, the Department Advocate�s office will make recommendations to Police Commissioner Bill Bratton as to whether Pantaleo should be fired, disciplined or go unpunished.
Ultimately, Bratton has the final say in his future on the force.
A police source said it�s likely the Department Advocate will recommend that Pantaleo be disciplined, as chokeholds have been banned by the NYPD.
�The chokehold, however not criminal, does violate the patrol guide procedure in section 203 �use of force,� but the Department Advocate will merely make a suggestion of discipline to Bratton,� the law enforcement source said.
Police union leaders have claimed that Pantaleo did not actually use a chokehold to arrest Garner, 43, who was selling loose cigarettes on the sidewalk.
But a cellphone video of the July 17 arrest shows Pantaleo, who is white, wrestling his black suspect to the ground with his arms around his neck.
Bratton also described Pantaleo�s arrest tactic as an �apparent chokehold� in the wake of the incident.
The Garner family has urged federal authorities to launch a separate civil rights investigation into his death.

Of course it's the cops fault that a morbidly obese dude with potential medical problems decided to tussle. They should've had him fill out a questionnaire first.

Nobody's responsible for themselves as long as there's a cop nearby to blame.

They're throwing up the NYC-RC Christmas Tree soon. Officials interviewed on FOX were saying violent protests are to be expected. BUT like someone else stated NYC will not likely tolerate what happened in Ferguson.

Whole different PD in that town.

I think people have a right to be outraged in this case. This one really looks like a grand jury/prossecutor cover the cops. Ferguson didn't appear that way to me at all because the cop in question acted in an appropriate manner.

This cop didn't act in an appropriate manner, and it resulted in a death. That's not cool and I don't care what color the person is.

Choke holds are famous for killing people, that's precisely why they're barred. They're legally indefensible, and the city is going to loose their arse in the civil suit.