Yea I am sure they were thinking "fun."anygunanywhere wrote:The officers did not know about heart trouble. Tasers are compliance tools. If by using a different method properly and Mr Garner still died this would not look so bad. I guess it is more fun and a bigger adrenaline rush for a bunch of cops to gang wrestle a man down and choke him.carlson1 wrote:With heart trouble the taser would have probably killed him, then what?anygunanywhere wrote:Taser.A-R wrote:For those who think the NYPD cop is guilty or at least have some qualms about what he did, answer this:
How do you propose the police affect a lawful arrest on a 400-pound man who is actively (though not yet violently) resisting said arrest? Please spare us the arguments about "it was just cigarettes" and understand that cops don't make the law (Bloomberg made the law, if you want to point fingers), they merely enforce it.
When Garner began actively resisting, should the cops have just let him go because arresting him was too difficult?
Should they have used a different tactic? Guns are a no go. Tasers? Pepper spray? What would those weapons have done to a man in Garner's physical condition? Baton strikes to the legs?
Serious question looking for serious answers.
The suspect was probably thinking "fun" while he was resisting arrest.