Eric Garner had at least 31 prior arrests and was out on bail, facing three other charges. According to Congressman Peter King Garner had been shaking down shop owners and preventing their customers from entering their stores, disrupting the area which comprises mostly minority folks. It seems the merchants had gone to the African American Chief of Police and requested police assistance. The police sergeant in charge of and supervising Garner's bust who was there the whole time was an African American, Kizzy Adoni,
One thing that puzzles me is if Garner was truly unable to breath, how could he breath out enough to speak audibly?
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