The New York Choke Hold Case

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Grand Jury decides not to indict the cop that used a choke hold that resulted in the death of Eric Gardner.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/03/justice/ne...?hpt=hp_t1

To me this seems like negligent homicide. Do they not have laws criminalizing negligent homicide in New York State?

We agree on something.

Especially since the coroner called it a homicide.

Just because it is homicide doesn't mean it is criminal. Physician assisted suicide is really homicide. Killing in self defense is homicide. Killing an enemy soldier in war is homicide.

When a coroner calls a death homicide all it means is one human beings death was caused by another human being. It makes no statement about the criminal nature or lack thereof of the death.

I don't think the cop meant to kill Gardner...but he did and I don't see how it was lawful. Last time I got a speeding ticket...I certainly had no intention of speeding....but I was certainly guilty of speeding and paid my ticket.

Maybe this falls under the wide latitude we give cops that JennyA referred to in the Ferguson thread.