My question is, why are police above the LAW?
The death of a Staten Island man who collapsed after being placed in an illegal chokehold by a police officer has been ruled a homicide.
Eric Garner died from compression of the neck and chest while being physically restrained by police officers, the New York City Medical Examiner said Friday.
Garner’s asthma, obesity and high blood pressure were contributing factors in his death, the autopsy determined.
It was the latest development in a case that sparked national outrage after The Daily News obtained video showing Officer Daniel Pantaleo putting Garner in the chokehold.
Garner’s widow said she was relieved that the ME confirmed what had been suspected for weeks.
“Thank God the truth is finally out,” Esaw Garner told The Daily News. “Thank God for that.”
In a terse statement, the Staten Island District Attorney’s office said it had been in touch with the ME.
“We await the issuance of the official death certificate and the autopsy report,” it said. “The investigation into Mr. Garner's death continues."
Garner, 43, died July 17 while being busted for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes.
“I can’t breathe,” Garner said repeatedly as he was taken down by the cops.
Pantaleo has since been reassigned. He could not be reached for comment.
The NYPD banned chokeholds in 1994 after a Bronx man named Anthony Baez was killed by an officer who placed him in one.
In the wake of Garner’s death, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton ordered that the NYPD’s 35,000 officers be retrained in the proper use of force when subduing a suspect.
Garner was black. Pantaleo is white. And the incident has roiled relations between the police and minority residents on Staten Island.
The death of a Staten Island man who collapsed after being placed in an illegal chokehold by a police officer has been ruled a homicide.
Eric Garner died from compression of the neck and chest while being physically restrained by police officers, the New York City Medical Examiner said Friday.
Garner’s asthma, obesity and high blood pressure were contributing factors in his death, the autopsy determined.
It was the latest development in a case that sparked national outrage after The Daily News obtained video showing Officer Daniel Pantaleo putting Garner in the chokehold.
Garner’s widow said she was relieved that the ME confirmed what had been suspected for weeks.
“Thank God the truth is finally out,” Esaw Garner told The Daily News. “Thank God for that.”
In a terse statement, the Staten Island District Attorney’s office said it had been in touch with the ME.
“We await the issuance of the official death certificate and the autopsy report,” it said. “The investigation into Mr. Garner's death continues."
Garner, 43, died July 17 while being busted for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes.
“I can’t breathe,” Garner said repeatedly as he was taken down by the cops.
Pantaleo has since been reassigned. He could not be reached for comment.
The NYPD banned chokeholds in 1994 after a Bronx man named Anthony Baez was killed by an officer who placed him in one.
In the wake of Garner’s death, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton ordered that the NYPD’s 35,000 officers be retrained in the proper use of force when subduing a suspect.
Garner was black. Pantaleo is white. And the incident has roiled relations between the police and minority residents on Staten Island.
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