Argumentative Essay-Rough Draft On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner was put into an against policy chokehold by Daniel Pantaleo of the NYPD. An hour later, he died from his injuries. On December 3, a grand jury decided not to indict Daniel Pantaleo. Regardless of there being video proof, the grand jury decided that there was not enough evidence to indict him. Daniel Pantaleo should, at the very least be charged with involuntary manslaughter. Daniel Pantaleo clearly broke NYPD policy by using a chokehold to “restrain” Eric Garner. It has been very argued that what Pantaleo used to restrain Garner was not a chokehold but in this photo, obtained from the NYPD, there is a clear difference between a chokehold and a submission hold. In a submission hold, the windpipe is not restricted and air can still flow to the person on the receiving end. While in a still of the video recorded by a bystander, Its clearly visible that Pantaleo had Garner in a chokehold, restricting his windpipe. Medical examiners ruled his death a homicide, as in an action of another person, being Pantaleo, led to his death. …show more content…
Garner was clearly not a very healthy man, said to weigh at least 350 lbs, he also had asthma. That being said, it would not have been easy for him to run or even get away. He also was not being aggressive or violent to anyone, including the officers. He was simply telling the officers (a bit annoyedly, but who wouldn’t have?) to leave him alone. Side note, if everyone were always complicit with authorities, this country would not be the “Land of the Free, and the Home of the
When is it okay for an officer to use deadly force? In the case Tennessee v Garner the biggest issue among the courts was deadly force. Was the deadly force used by Officer Elton Hymon necessary against Edward Garner? An officer should only result to deadly force if a suspect is attempting to flee in order to escape custody or is armed and is threatening the officer’s
This article relates to law because the officers could be held liability for the death. The victim involved in this particular case is Freddie Gray. He died while in police custody from several sustained injuries. The six police officers that were involved in the case are being charged with manslaughter and second-degree murder. The article
Officer Hymon used his flashlight and could tell that Garner was unarmed. Officer Hymon then told Garner to stop but Garner started to climb the chain link fence. That 's when Officer Hymon shot and killed Garner. A purse and ten dollars were found in Garner 's possession from the house. Hymon admitted in court that Garner appeared to be unarmed.
CNN reported on August 1, 2014 that 43-year-old Eric Garner died on July 17 after being confronted by police on Staten Island for allegedly selling cigarettes illegally. As police officers approached Garner he raised both hands in the air and told the officers not to touch him. Moments later, a video recording shows an officer grabbing the 350-pound man from behind in a choke hold and wrestled him to the ground, rolling him onto his stomach. CNN News also reports that the video has Eric crying repeatedly that he could not breathe until his last gasp. Evidence and Applicable Laws Julie Bolcer, a representative of the NY medical examiner 's office confirmed that the cause of death was "compression of neck (choke hold), compression of chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police.
Due to advanced technologies, people can go to YouTube and just type the phrases "Police Brutality" and they will be able to witness the rare force used by some police officers where the force is unnecessary. Many people often times view the bigger picture rather than the details associated with the image. For instance in the video,” Behind the Video of Eric Garner’s Deadly Confrontation With New York Police” the author, Ramsey Orta, well-known for recording the fatal incident of Eric Garner on July 17, in Staten Island, NY, mainly focused on how Garner was treated on his point of perspective rather than the reasons of why the incident have occurred. Throughout the video, Orta has shown clips of the video that he has recorded of Eric Garner to reinforce his argument and bond with his audience emotionally throughout the
Garner case is that officers in question shot and killed an unarmed, non dangerous fleeing suspected felon. This case was brought forth by the victim’s family stating that the victim’s constitutional rights were violated by the actions of these two officers. The question bought into question was is the force used constitutional or unconstitutional. If indeed it was unconstitutional it would mean that the force used was excessive therefore
Before the Garner case there were four rules that dictated lawful deadly force by an officer on a suspect. The Any Felony Rule, The Defense of Life Rule, The Model Penal Code, The Forcible Felony Rule. The Any Felony Rule gave officers the authorization to use any and all means necessary to arrest a felon suspect or prevent them from fleeing. It was interpreted as giving law enforcement the legal permission to shoot an unarmed fleeing felony suspect. The defense of life rule states that police officers can use deadly force only in situations were their own lives or the life of another person are in danger.
This ad is showing Erica Garner, the daughter of Eric Garner. The ad starts with Erica talking about being a mom to her daughter Alyssa, then going on to how she had to explain that racism is not over. She then talks about her father dieing and how she now protests. Awe then see here talk about Bernie Sanders and we see Bernie speak, then hear him speak as we watch more protesting. The ad finally ends with Erica Garner saying that she supports Bernie because he is a protester.
On July 17, 2014, 23 old, Ramsey Orta recorded the public killing of Eric Garner. The recording displays a six foot three inch, three hundred sixty pound unarmed black male being boxed in between a convenience store, located on a busy New York street and uniform as well as plain clothed officers. You can hear multiple offices persistently questioning Garner before the tattooed officer on his far right wearing a black fitted baseball cap takes charge of the situation. All though out the recording Garners body language shows him to be deeply vexed by the officers, however, not aggressive. The next scene depicts the officers on Garners far left attempt to put Garner in handcuffs without verbally warning Garner what he was doing before making the physical contact.
Garner. In this 1985 case, the court held that the use of excessive force during an arrest is unlawful unless the Fourth Amendment's reasonable person standard can be used to infer that there is “probable cause to believe the subject poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others' ' (Tennessee v. Gitter). This holding is incredibly crucial to the case of Dethorne Graham considering he was unarmed. The events leading up to Graham’s arrest are unclear however they present as the following. Graham was said to be resisting arrest, to which the officers responded by slamming Graham's head into his friend's car, from which he sustained head and shoulder industries—which is a clear show of excessive force.
Pantaleo had Garner in a chokehold and knocked him out, while unconscious other police officers got on top of him during the restraint, compressing his chest even more. Officers came to Garner with suspicion of Garner selling cigarettes, though Garner expressed that he was doing no such thing. When the officer moved in to arrest him, Garner swiped his hand away. At that time, Pantaleo put his arm around Garner’s neck and pulled him down to the ground. After choking him for several seconds, other police officers went to restrain Garner.
A combination of a chokehold by an officer, the chest compression, and poor health at the same, Garner has unfortunately died just an hour after being taken to hospital. The first thing worth mentioning is the police said they did not use chokehold on Garner. Later, the medical examiner concluded that Garner's death was caused by chokehold during physical restraint by police. After the Staten Island grand jury did not indict Pantaleo, people in New York City gathered to protest and made many speeches. Surprisingly, the number of protesters increase to more than 300 people.
In today’s modern society, many feel that is okay for a police officer can kill a man armed with a harmful weapon at any cost. On many news channels, there are various amounts of articles and reports about a police officer committing this act. Even though a police officer has the right to take action against an armed man, this could be argued in many circumstances. In the 2013, Sammy Yatim was a young adult with a mental illness and was armed with a weapon on a streetcar in Toronto. Yatim was confronted by Const.
I intro A.The New York black man(Eric Garner) got chock hold to death buy a NYPD police officer. B.Dr. King declared, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed” (Smith, 2009). II body A.In
In the essay titled “Police Brutality”, Danna Hernandez uses rhetorical devices to declare that police brutality is dreadful. She utilizes anecdotes to support her claim, pathos to persuade the audience to agree with her argument by producing an emotional response, and imagery to illustrate her hardships caused by police brutality. Danna does this in order to make the general public realize that police brutality is a significant issue that should not be treated as a trend. Danna Hernandez uses anecdote to support her argument. The vast majority of the essay is an anecdote that tells of the tragic death of her son due to unjustified gun usage by a police officer(which constitutes as police brutality) and the emotional consequences that followed.