Judge Nap: Cop Who Choked Man To Death Should Have Been Indicted

All rise! Guardian of the Republic Judge Andrew Napolitano stated to Shepard Smith that the officer who choked Eric Garner to death should have been indicted. A grand jury in Staten Island declined to indict New York City Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo.

Garner was under arrest for selling cigarettes by officer Pantaleo. Video of the officer brutally choking Garner went viral around the world, and painted a grim picture of law enforcement in the era of Ferguson.

“My thoughts are this ought to have been an indictment and there ought to have been some sort of indictment for manslaughter … because of the excessive use of deadly force on a person who posed no serious or material threat to the police,” Judge Napolitano said.

Fox News Reports:

The grand jury of 15 whites and 8 minorities concluded there was not enough evidence to charge the officer with a crime, although he could still face departmental charges.

New York City’s Police Commissioner William Bratton was asked Sunday if what happened in Ferguson, Missouri, could happen in New York. He said the NYPD has been preparing for months “in multiple ways,” including community meetings.

Bratton says he’s more concerned with outside agitators and looking at what tactics they might employ.

Garner’s family has filed a notice that it plans to sue the city for $75 million on the grounds of wrongful death, pre-death pain and suffering and civil rights violation, The New York Post reported. Rev. Al Sharpton, who is an advisor for the family, has called on a federal probe.

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