Here we go again. A New York City grand jury has declined to indict a NYPD officer in the chokehold case of Eric Garner, the unarmed man who died after being arrested on Staten Island earlier this year. Again, we have a very large person who doesn’t want to be arrested. The officer who grabbed Garner from behind and took him to the ground was trained in that procedure. Garner was taken to the hospital, where he later died of a heart attack. People are now asking why Grand Juries are refusing to return True Bills on police officers, since the joke commonly heard is a prosecutor can “indict a ham sandwich” if he wants to, since the standard to indict is much lower that that of “beyond a reasonable doubt.” HERE IS THE ANSWER FOLKS. When a crime is committed, there are elements that are usually necessary to even get to a Grand Jury. Did you get what I said? There are elements that are necessary in a crime for the incident to even be considered for a Grand Jury. A police officer in Chicago responded to a robbery call. As he arrived, the robber exited the store shooting at the officer. The officer was struck once in his vest before he returned fire, killing he robber. This incident was never brought before a Grand Jury. Why? Because it was evident the officer never committed a crime. Sound simple? Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed a large man who was trying to kill him. The NYPD officer used a departmental authorized choke hold on a large man who was resisting arrest, and the man later dies of a heart attack. Who committed a crime? Just the people who died. But PUBLIC PRESSURE on prosecutors to charge every police officer who causes the death of another person has caused those prosecutors to take cases to the Grand Jury that NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN HEARD by a Grand Jury. Prosecutors used to say, “There’s no crime here.” Now they are afraid to tell the public what they already know, the officer did not commit any crime. So they decide to take a case to the Grand Jury where no crime was committed so the decision is made by twelve other people rather than himself. When a Grand Jury refuses to indict a police officer, it is because THERE WAS NO CRIME COMMITTED. Period.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 21:50:03 +0000
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