Comment Re:What? (Score 0) 1081
The cop did not choke him -- this leaves a mark every time. He died of a heart attack. Were the cops guilty of brutality. Yes. Every takedown is brutal AFAIAC. I don't know if this met the legal definition of police brutality and neither do anyone else. But they did not choke him.
The law was brutal because NYC has to make sure they collect very high tobacco taxes
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