Rallies planned after in-custody death of NYC man NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton has planned two separate rallies Saturday following the death of a New York City man who died during an arrest in which partial video of the struggle shows an officer placing him in what the police commissioner said appeared to be a choke hold — a tactic prohibited by departmental policy. Mayor Bill de Blasio, who called Eric Garner’s Thursday death “very troubling,” even postponed his much-discussed family vacation to Italy, aides said, in order to meet with community leaders and city officials throughout the night Friday. /**/ Garner, 43, suffered a heart attack during a confrontation with police who were attempting to arrest him on suspicions of selling untaxed cigarettes outside a beauty parlor on Staten Island near the ferry terminal, authorities said. Two plain-clothes officers confront the 6-foot-3-inch tall, 350-pound man who in turn becomes irate, denying the charges and refusing to be handcuffed when one of the officers places him in what appears to be the choke hold from behind, according video obtained by the New York Daily News. Garner can be heard complaining repeatedly that he can’t breathe as at least four other officers bring him down. He [...] newsinca/rallies-planned-after-in-custody-death-of-nyc-man/
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 08:15:25 +0000
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