Chokehold Essays

Chris Benoit is a former WWE wrestler that committed a double-murder on his Wife Nancy Benoit and his 7-year-old son Daniel. The reason why I decided to write about this documentary is that the WWE and the doctors don’t do enough studies on their wrestlers nor do they give them enough time to recover from their injuries. Which is why Chris Beniot ended up doing what he did. The WWE doesn’t acknowledge beniot’s existence anymore or likes to take any responsibility for his death. The documentary shows

as less than? In “Chokehold” Paul Butler will discuss this very idea depth. Butler provides history on why and how society sees African-American men as violent thugs. Butler goes on to explain in detail how the chokehold plays a part in oppressing African-American men and how to avoid the ramifications of the Chokehold, if possible. In the last chapter, Butler provides various ideals in effort to rid the Chokehold in its entirety. In chapter 8, “Woke: Unlocking the Chokehold” Butler opens the

2014, Eric Garner was put into an against policy chokehold by Daniel Pantaleo of the NYPD. An hour later, he died from his injuries. On December 3, a grand jury decided not to indict Daniel Pantaleo. Regardless of there being video proof, the grand jury decided that there was not enough evidence to indict him. Daniel Pantaleo should, at the very least be charged with involuntary manslaughter. Daniel Pantaleo clearly broke NYPD policy by using a chokehold to “restrain” Eric Garner. It has been very argued

chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police." The death was definite as a homicide which was cause for a federal investigation.7 Chokeholds were banned in the New York Police Department in 1993. The N.Y.P.D Patrol Guide procedure 203-11 states that members of the New York City Police Department will not use chokeholds. A chokehold shall include,

Garner then lost consciousness and was lying facedown on the sidewalk. A combination of a chokehold by an officer, the chest compression, and poor health at the same, Garner has unfortunately died just an hour after being taken to hospital. The first thing worth mentioning is the police said they did not use chokehold on Garner. Later, the medical examiner concluded that Garner's death was caused by chokehold during physical restraint by police. After the Staten Island grand jury did not indict Pantaleo

officer. The officer tried to restrain Garner and put him in handcuffs, Garner pulled away and was put into a chokehold, drawn to the ground, and was continued to be held around the neck until he was unconscious. Garner went into cardiac arrest as he was being put into custody and shortly died. Medical examiners determined that the cause of death was due to the fact of Garner being in a chokehold and a compression to his chest, drove to his death. The entire situation was recorded and Garner was heard

Officer Pantaleo placed Garner in a chokehold because he resisted arrest when they accused him of illegally selling cigarettes. This case was announced a homicide because Garner died an hour later in the hospital and placing citizens in a chokehold is prohibited for the NYPD. Though, the police officer was not indicted and they paid the Garner family $5.9mil to compensate them for their loss

Officer Livoti choose to place Anthony Baez in a chokehold until he lost consciousness then placed him under arrest and dragged him to the patrol car without calling for the paramedics. There is no reason to put someone in a chokehold as an officer; especially since they are equipped with pepper spray, taser, baton, handcuffs, and gun. For whatever reason Officer Livoti decided to attack Anthony Baez for, he did not have any reason to place Baez in a chokehold. Instead he took advantage of his role as a

let go with a warning or something like that since it wasn't a huge crime. Over all it wasn't a harmful crime. So it shouldn't have had a harmful punishment. My second reason was that the NYPD wasn't even supposed to put anyone in the chokehold. The chokehold is not allowed but Daniel pantaleo (the NYPD police officer who killed Eric garner) used the choke hold. Choke hold or any movement that restricts a person's windpipe have been banned under the NYPD patrol guide since 1993. Therefore he shouldn't

While still keeping Garner on the ground, handcuffed, the officers sat mindlessly around him waiting for an ambulance (“”). The NYPD has since stated that the chokehold was completely illegal and against the Police Department’s policies (“Of Course It Happened Again”). This event, non-officially being fourth recorded death of the Black Lives Matter movement, and the second (non-official) key case in the movement

While in a chokehold, “Garner repeatedly told officers I can’t breathe, eventually he lost consciousness”(Eric Garner dies in NYPD Chokehold). The killing of Tamir Rice a 12 year old black boy who was shot by white police officers in Ohio. (What is police brutality?) Rice was playing with a toy gun in a park when police officers

There are many cases that a police officer beat, killed, and arrested people not on a crime that they didn't commit but because of their skin color. If you look at the case of Eric Garner, he was put into a chokehold for 15-20 seconds and killed on the street (NYPD prohibits the use of chokeholds). The evidence shows that he was no resisting arrest. He was accused of selling “loosies” (single cigarettes) and officer Daniel Pantaleo began to detain him. Eric pulled his arm away because he did not deserve

The problem with racial profiling and police brutality is that it is a major human rights violation. To make assumptions based off of someone skin color or religion is not ethically right. People would not even blink an eye or raise a question if they saw a white man running down the street. If it were to be a black man running down the street people would be wondering what happened and would be calling the police. No one wants to live in a world where they feel like they do not belong or that their

the death of Garner was due to mixture of things. Eric Garner had a history of poor health and with the combination of a chokehold and the compression of his chest was the cause of death. a That matter in the fact is that is illegal for a police officer to put a suspect or obtained in a “headlock.” The officer in the death of Eric Garner denies any use of headlocks or chokeholds, but according to multiple eye witnesses and video evidence some may say otherwise. The true sad thing of this is that the

Elijah McClain Overdose In a tragic turn of events that shook the nation, a paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with a fatal overdose of a sedative has been sentenced to five years in prison. The incident occurred after police put McClain in a #chokehold, leading to his untimely #death. This case has sparked outrage and renewed calls for justice in the face of police brutality and medical negligence. The Tragic Events Leading to Elijah McClain's Death Elijah McClain was a young African American man

possession of marijuana.) While Garner is yelling at police and waving his arms around threateningly, Officer Pantaleo came up behind Garner and tried to place handcuffs on him, Garner then swatted his hands away, after which Pantaleo placed him in a chokehold, and taking him to the ground. After Garner was taken to the ground three other officers jumped on top of him in order to subdue him. About an hour later at the hospital Eric Garner was declared dead” (Shapiro).

African Americans are more likely to be the victims of police brutality; discrimination certainly plays a role in that disparity. I can’t breathe is what Eric Garner repetitively shouted while police had him in a chokehold. This chokehold was the cause of Eric Garner death. The confrontation was caught on video, and spread throughout the media and all over the world. People from all over was able to hear about this incident, and many protests manifested throughout the United

Officer Pantaleo arrested Garner “for allegedly selling loose cigarettes” (www.npr.org). During the arrest, Officer Pantaleo had put Garner in a chokehold position which caused Garner to suffocate. There was a video posted on YouTube of Garner saying he was not able to breathe while he was being held in a headlock. The man died because of the chokehold, but the grand jury, back in December of 2014, did not charge Officer Pantaleo. People protested in reaction to the officer not being charged for

Path of destruction Many Americans have wondered if they can place trust in the American justice system, and while some argue the Justice system can be trusted, they are gravely mistaken. The American justice system has a long and storied history of gross incompetence and unparalleled devastation aimed at the American people. The justice system has ripped away human rights for centuries and oppressed the American people with its draconian practices and inflexible laws. The government has allowed

male Eric Garner in, what looked like a chokehold, which ultimately killed him in the streets of New York City – all caught on video by a passerby’s cellphone. After considering everything seen and heard in the video, including Garner claiming 11 times “I can’t breathe”, a jury decided to not indict the officer. The autopsy examiner ruled Garner’s death a homicide, explaining the death was caused by compression of the neck and chest (Calabresi, 2014). Chokeholds have been banned in New York since 1993