When a police officer tells you that you are under arrest, it is not a subject for negotiation. You are obligated by law to comply. No compliance(non submission ) to a lawful order, is in itself a violation of law. The officers showed restraint and did not use weapons of any kind that I saw. I did not see unnecessary punches or brutal procedures. Mr Garner was obligated to submit to the lawful arrest action.
I have never heard that officers must submit a subject of an arrest to a psycological or medical examination before taking action.
Mr Garner is dead because of his numerous physical problems and his bad choices. Why would a person with such problems allow himself to be involved in such an altercation? He had to know that it might be life threatening.
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" Edmund Burke 1729-1797
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