RE: The New York Choke Hold Case
December 3, 2014 at 9:17 pm
(This post was last modified: December 3, 2014 at 9:18 pm by Tonus.)
(December 3, 2014 at 8:42 pm)Exian Wrote: So, this is a homicide- an unlawful killing of one person by another.Homicide just means a person was killed by another person. If the cop had shot him in self-defense it would still be homicide. The "criminally negligent" part is the important part, it implies that the cop either did not follow correct procedure or used excessive force to subdue the victim. I don't know if that was the charge that the DA was seeking, assuming he wasn't just going through the motions in the hopes of avoiding an indictment.
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