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KLAMarine said:
deskpro2k3 said:

cop, shot and killed unarmed teen for stealing cigarettes

An eighteen-year old adult teen. Be careful, the lone term 'teen' could mislead people into thinking Brown was underaged when he was not. Also, he was not shot for stealing cigarettes.

deskpro2k3 said:

cop, choke hold and killed unarmed man on suspicion of selling cigarettes

The choke hold aggravated Garner's medical conditions (ailments unknown to police) which ultimately lead to a heart attack as he was transported to the hospital. Let us aim for specificity, not ambiguity.

i feel like people are taking crazy pills, are the deliberately ignoring/ misconstruing facts?

fact 1: Choke holds are not illegal, they are against NYPD policy. said choke hold is defined by the NYPD, per definition, the cop DID NOT perform a choke hold, but rather a submission hold. 

fact 2: the coroner, who is not a judge or jury, uses the term homicide not as a legal term, but as a medical parlance to mean killed by another person. He also goes on to cite. the mans very very poor health as contributing to his death. the man was said to not be able to walk a block without stopping to rest and weeze.

fact 3: this is not a race issue, white cops dont get away with these things to black people any more than anyrace. the last cop to be indicted was a white cop for killing a black man.

fact 4: mike brown was not shot for stealing cigerrettes or being black, he was shot for breaking the law, assaulting a cop, trying to grab his gun, and then charging at the cop