NYPD Accused of Using Chokehold on Suspected Farebeater
Several videos posted online appear to show a New York City police officer using a chokehold on a suspected farebeater in an incident that took place just days before Staten Island resident Eric Garner died during a similar arrest last week.
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If you didn't like the social contract, you shouldn't have signed it.
Hey - don't do the crime if you can't do the time, lawbreaker. Thank God we have our thin, blue line out there, putting their lives on the line EVERY day, to protect and serve man....
Hadaka jime?
I ask out of semi-professional interest...
Naw, naw, naw, it wasn't a 'chokehold', it was a 'vascular restraint hold'. See a VRH simply cuts off the blood to you head and the choking is just something that happens. Compare to a chokehold where the choking is the *point* and cutting off blood flow to the head is a side effect.
See? Totally different.
just days before Staten Island resident Eric Garner died during a similar arrest assault last week.
FTFY