12-03-2014, 06:03 PM
(12-03-2014, 05:52 PM)username Wrote: Damn. You're good! It's still terribly sad but I can understand that a policeman wouldn't expect someone to die under those circumstances. Still, the officer used a hold that is prohibited in LE procedures in NY. Given that, I'd still find the officer partially at fault/at least negligent. I imagine the family has filed a big, fat civil suit over it.
Remember how those officers who compressed and bashed Kelly Thomas (RIP) to death --while he cried for his dad-- were acquitted? Fuckers. http://mockforums.net/showthread.php?tid=6160
In Kelly's case at least the brutal cops were indicted, undoubtedly because his dad (who was a retired ranking LEO) advocated so hard to get justice for his son.
The fact that those officers weren't convicted (especially Ramos) of at least Kelly's manslaughter, despite the whole compression and beating being caught on tape, leaves me pretty unsurprised when other inequities in the judicial system occur in cases of police officer(s) vs. civilians.