Staten Island DA Reviewing 6 Cops Who Caused The Death Of An UnArmed Black Man! (Video)
by Tj Sotomayor July 18, 2014 8 commentsDA Playing Politics!
By: Tommy “Tj” Sotomayor
Staten Island DA looking into death of dad of six after NYPD cop put him in chokehold during sidewalk takedown — EXCLUSIVE VIDEO
‘My office is working along with the NYPD to do a complete and thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mr. Garner’s death,’ said District Attorney Daniel M. Donovan Jr. in a statement about the chokehold death of Eric Garner during an arrest.
The Staten Island district attorney is investigating the shocking death of a 400-pound asthmatic dad after a city cop placed him in a chokehold.
Eric Garner, 43, died Thursday after a sidewalk takedown by five NYPD officers making an arrest outside a Tompkinsville beauty parlor.
“My office is working along with the NYPD to do a complete and thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mr. Garner’s death,” said District Attorney Daniel M. Donovan Jr. in a Friday statement.
A 400-pound asthmatic Staten Island dad died Thursday after a cop put him in a chokehold and other officers appeared to slam his head against the sidewalk, according to video of the incident.
The police Internal Affairs department began its investigation Thursday night, hours after the unarmed man’s death.
The NYPD, in its official statement about the fatal incident, said only that Garner went into cardiac arrest and died at Richmond University Medical Center. No criminal charges were filed Thursday in the death.
Within moments Garner, a married father of six children with two grandchildren, ceased struggling and appeared to become unconscious as police called paramedics to the scene.
But a video captured Garner’s desperate pleas for help as one cop shoved his head into the sidewalk and three others pinned him down — while a fifth cop put him in handcuffs.
“I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe!” he shouted in vain. By the video’s end, Garner was lying motionless on the sidewalk as cops chased eyewitnesses away.
JOE MARINO/NEW YORK DAILY NEWSStaten Island District Attorney Daniel M. Donovan says his office is looking into the death of Eric Garner.Garner is the married father of six kids and grandfather to two. His outraged family said cops provided them with no details until they arrived at the hospital to identify the body.
Garner says on the video that he was breaking up a fight before cops arrived, and insisted that he was wrongly accused.
“I did nothing,” he said loudly. “I was sitting here the whole time, minding my business.”
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