CC211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Stapler, Brendan Dassey, Department Of Justice And Correctional Services
Document Summary
In the summer of 2014, long-simmering racial tensions between local minority communities and police forces exploded into national protests across the united states following several high profile deaths. On july 17th, 2014, eric garner, an asthmatic 43-year-old man, was approached by police under suspicion of selling illegal cigarettes. Garner became agitated and complained of constant harassment by police and was grabbed by officer daniel pantaleo; Garner pulled away and pantaleo put his arm around garner"s neck, pulling him backward and towards the ground. Removing his arm, pantaleo then pushed garner"s face into the ground as. Garner repeated, i can"t breathe. garner would eventually lose consciousness as officers waited for an ambulance to arrive. Neither the officers nor the emt performed cpr at the scene as they thought garner was still breathing. Garner"s death an international incident and prompted scrutiny of the nypd (glenza &
