Garner Case

      
      In New York on July 17 2014 forty three year old Eric Garner was getting arrested for selling unlicensed cigarettes. And was put on the floor by 4 police officers for resisting arrest. Garner was held in a choke hold by an officer before being put on the floor. Officers then put Garner on his back and proceeded to put handcuffs on Garner while one officer knelt near Garners head shoving Garners head on the cement. Garner then yelled "I can't breathe. I can't breathe." And a few minuets later was pronounced dead. This happened because police suspected that Garner was selling unlicensed cigarettes like he had in the past. No one is sure what happened before the video so we can't say for sure why officers approached Garner.

      I believe that this case is controversial because yes the police were doing their job by protecting their city from criminals and they also try to keep up with criminals. But they used excessive force with Eric Garner because he was trying to resist arrest but there was like 8 or 7 other police officers so they should have taken him down in a different way. Police officers learn other ways to take down criminals that are trying to resist arrest. I believe the poliece were right for questioning what he was doing because they were trying to prevent crimes from happening.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/12/03/actual-facts-eric-garner/