2016年10月31日 星期一

Man Who Filmed Fatal NYC Police Chokehold of Eric Garner Sues City

Man Who Filmed Fatal NYC Police Chokehold of Eric Garner Sues City
Published at 6:08 PM EDT on Jul 27, 2016

The New York City man whose cellphone video captured the fatal police chokehold of unarmed black man Eric Garner is suing the city for $10 million over a drug arrest that he says was police retaliation.
Ramsey Orta was arrested last June after authorities say he sold an undercover officer $40 worth of the party drug known as Molly. The charges were later dropped.
Lawyer Andrew Plasse tells the Daily News Orta feels he was "unjustly singled out for arrest." The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court claims it was an effort by the NYPD to "discredit" Orta's video.
The July 17, 2014 video showed Garner calling out "I can't breathe" as New York City police officers pinned him down, one holding him in an apparent chokehold, after the 43-year-old man was stopped for selling loose untaxed cigarettes. In the video, Garner tells officers to leave him alone and refuses to be handcuffed.
Officer Daniel Pantaleo is seen putting Garner in an apparent chokehold, which is banned under NYPD policy, as he was taken to the ground. Garner, who was heavyset and had asthma, was later pronounced dead at a hospital. The medical examiner's office later ruled Garner's death a homicide. His dying words, immortalized by the footage, became a rallying cry at protests nationwide over police killings of black men amid a nationwide debate over police use of force.
A New York grand jury declined to indict Pantaleo in 2014 and he remains on desk duty while police officials await the outcome of an ongoing federal civil rights probe. Pantaleo's attorney has maintained his client didn't violate Garner's civil rights and that he was performing his duties, which he was trained to do.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Man-Who-Filmed-Fatal-NYC-Police-Chokehold-Sues-City--388476262.html

Who: Eric Garner
What: The New York City man whose cellphone video captured the fatal police chokehold of unarmed black man Eric Garner.

Key words: 
Chokehold 掐脖子
Discredit 使丟臉、敗壞……的名聲
Asthma 氣喘
Unarmed 未武裝的、無武器的、徒手的
pin 壓住、按住、使不能行動
張貼者： 於

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  1. 楊翎2016年11月14日 上午9:13

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  2. 楊翎2016年11月15日 清晨7:18

    I think the police officers should be trained to use alternative methods for restraining suspects, as well as reaching an understanding on what is considered appropriate discipline. Otherwise the law enforcement problems will not be resolved, and the problem of racial discrimination is still persists.The government must do something to improve the situation.

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  3. Katy(21)2016年11月20日 下午2:32

    I think the police is too extreme to treat the Racial Discrimination.Every one on the world are equality.Although America is a freedom country,it still can not equality to treat everybody.And I think this is also the vital problem to solute in America.

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