During the commission of a crime and/or making an arrest an officer is faced with many decision including life or death ones for both the subject and the officer. These range from lethal force to letting the subject walk away. During these conflicts the officer will not know if the subject is armed, underage, or at medical risk. If the subject refuses to cooperate what level of force is required is the issue and in hind sight with all the variables known the best one can be picked — the best one can not be determined at the time the subject is resisting. And what else can not be determined is the past record of the individual and what that individual would do if he/she was not arrested. Forgoten in all of this is the fact that none of these events would have happened if the suspect had not resisted arrest, to me that means the officer as the right to do what he/she has to do which is enforce the law.
Did New York Police Choke Eric Garner To Death? Interesting Take
From Gracie academy
***No, the “Choke” did not cause Eric Garner’s death.***
On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner (6′ 4″ – 350 lbs) died immediately after an altercation with officers of the New York Police Department regarding the selling of un-taxed cigarettes. The incident was caught on video, and during the altercation one of the officers applied a neck restraint to control Mr. Garner and get him to the ground. Although the mainstream media has clung onto the idea that the “choke-hold” is what caused my Garner’s death, Ryron and Rener offer their own opinions on the incident based on their experience as life-long jiu-jitsu practitioners and lead defensive tactics instructors of the Gracie Survival Tactics (GST) program for law enforcement. The Gracie brothers also discuss the challenges that arise when arresting subjects with pre-existing medical conditions and demonstrate…
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