Hi Luther, even with Garner's health conditions, especially acute asthma, he was able to repeat the words "I can't breathe' over and over a lot longer than he physically could hold his breath. So logic points to he was still able to breathe.
Also the hold Pantaleo had Garner in on the ground is not a choke hold but a submission hold, which is not barred by the NYPD, and is designed to deprive the brain of oxygen by stopping blood flow through the arteries. Also to get Garner to the ground to be cuffed, that hold did no damage to his windpipe or neck bones. I'm really beginning to understand why the Grand Jury voted the way it did. They would have been instructed on the difference between a submission hold and a chokehold. That is why Garner went unconscious, because lack of blood flow to the brain not because his air passages had been cut off. In his unhealthy state, it wouldn't have taken much to cut blood flow with a heart condition. Someone without so many health issues would not been affected in the same way. Why would a man in such a weakened health state want to resist an arrest? His record shows in the past he was charged with resisting arrest. He knew the drill. He had been through it 31 times. This guy was suppose to go to trial in October with multiple charges including at least three counts of selling untaxed cigarettes, possession of marijuana, false personation, driving without a license, and a couple others. If he lived to October, he was facing jail time..... again.
That's been failing just fine all thread long.
