A New York grand jury declined to indict a police officer for the fatal chokehold that killed Eric Garner in Staten Island in part because obesity contributed to his death. You’re on notice, fatties: if you’re not fit, they will acquit â the police who kill you.
Too Fit Not to Acquit
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication, WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "The Stringer."
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Don’t get tased if your heart needs a pacemaker, either.
After all the taser deaths, tasers are still referred to as non-lethal weapons. Just coincidental that so many die during their use, and cops using them can’t get prosecuted for using lethal force.
May I suggest, Ted, that generally speaking, US grand juries will decide not to bring indict a policeman/woman, even if he/she has killed someone with a BMI < 22 and without any other «pre-existing conditions», save being mortal ?…
Henri
not to bring indict → not to indict 😉
Henri