Redstreak 6,653 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Washington (CNN) -- While many lawmakers have been denouncing the Staten Island grand jury decision not to indict white police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the July chokehold death of an unarmed black man, Eric Garner, Rep. Peter King, R-New York, has been taking a different approach. On Wednesday, King tweeted his gratitude to the jury for "doing justice" in their handling of the case. "Thanks to SI grand jury for doing justice & not yielding to outside pressure," King tweeted. "Decision must be respected. Compassion for the Garner family. " Later, he told Wolf Blitzer on CNN's "The Situation Room" that he feels "strongly" the police officer should not have been indicted, arguing that there is no way he could have known that Garner's health conditions would affect his ability to survive the chokehold. "The police had no reason to know he was in serious condition," King said. "You had a 350-pound person who was resisting arrest. The police were trying to bring him down as quickly as possible. If he had not had asthma and a heart condition and was so obese, almost definitely he would not have died." The New York congressman also suggested that the officers had no reason to stop suppressing Garner, even though he stressed multiple times that he could not breathe. "People were saying that he said seven times, 'I can't breathe.' But if you can't breathe, you can't talk," King said. "So police hear that all the time." King also defended the officer's decision to use the chokehold as an arrest procedure. "In this case, a chokehold was not illegal," King said. "It is against department regulations, but as you look carefully, I don't think it was an intent to put him in a chokehold, because [the officer] does move the baton as he brings him down." Obama on Garner verdict: 'We are not going to let up' King, who grew up in New York, and has represented the state in Congress for nearly 22 years, also claimed no organization has done more to protect young African-Americans in New York City than the New York Police Department. This is not the first time King has voiced his support for a jury's decision not to indict a white police officer in the death of an unarmed black man. Last week, King said that the President should invite Wilson to meet with him at the White House. "I think it would be very helpful if President Obama went and met with the police officer, or at least invited him to the White House," King said on Fox Business Network. "And say, 'you've gone through four months of smear and slander and the least we can do is tell you that it is unfortunate that it happened and thank you for doing your job.'" http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/03/politics/peter-king-eric-garner-thanks-grand-jury-for-verdict/index.html An absolute piece of ****. Take a moment to think of just flexibility, love, and trust~ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunk96 2,526 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Uh...what? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazgul 186 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 i feel sick **** ****ing cops Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,683 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 "If you can't breathe, you can't talk" PLEASE STFU YOU PIECE OF HORSE ****. If I am being CHOKED and I feel that it's getting HARDER to breathe, I will YELL "I can't breathe!" as a WARNING that I am running out of breath and you should let me go. Scumbag. Rot in a ditch mother****er. So tired of the BULL**** I'm hearing making excuses for ****ty ass NYPD low scum cops. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inuborg 4,136 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 This is just making me sadder and sadder the more I read :cry: I root for you. I love you. You, you, you, you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retep 0 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 You would think that any person within a position of power would at least have the knowledge to not spew incredibly ridiculous word vomit into the media, was Rep. King even thinking through the words he was speaking?! His defense of the measures taken is essentially like saying: "Well if they weren't deaf then they surely would have heard the cops saying to get on the ground and lethal/excessive force wouldn't have had to have been used!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MahoganySnitch 67 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 ...he still died of an illegal choke hold. And the fact that a grand jury had evidence of an illegal move being performed that led to said death and still said no to indictment....just wrong. Just wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Sings 1,705 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 It doesn't matter if he was overweight or had asthma. That man choked him and he died. You can't say "Oh well he wouldn't have died if he wasn't this or that." He did. You killed him. End of story. His defense of the measures taken is essentially like saying: "Well if they weren't deaf then they surely would have heard the cops saying to get on the ground and lethal/excessive force wouldn't have had to have been used!" Exactly this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,683 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 And putting video cameras on cops is clearly not the answer to this problem seeing as how in this case we have the damn video and the cop was still not indicted. I didn't realize someone selling illegal cigarettes (which are trash anyway) was some threat to our national security that you had to choke him to death. **** this cop. I hope he never sleeps again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagaloo911 12,959 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 :madge: :sweep: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memo 176 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 It doesn't matter if he was overweight or had asthma. That man choked him and he died. You can't say "Oh well he wouldn't have died if he wasn't this or that." He did. You killed him. End of story. Exactly this. This, you can't twist this in any way He died of an illegal chokehold with video evidence and still he got no justice wth "it's not about race" "not all cops" yeah right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Angel 128 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 No matter how you want to twist this story, Eric Garner died from being put in a chokehold. Simple as. It's like they are watching another video, or just all around playing stupid trying to get their buddy off of a homicide charge. They're basically blaming Garner for being a tall and larger man... with asthma. As if he was completely in control of that. This cannot be the last we hear of this case. The officer needs to pay for this. I can't believe this is even happening right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
touchmetouchme 0 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 GIRL... He Reaching for Attention. BEST way to get it.. Go against the GRAIN! SMH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llbcherry 591 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Oh.. a republican defending a racist :MANiCURE: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prismatic 4,789 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 WTF is this mess. I Only Stan For Risk Takers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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