That’s because I’m out of town, in New Mexico (“not really new and not really Mexico”), and only have my phone to type on. I’ll be back home and posting in about two weeks.
Month: August 2014
How to arrest a very large man who doesn’t want to go
Telling officers what not to do doesn’t tell them what they should do. And it’s never going to look pretty. That doesn’t make it wrong. Here’s my op-ed in today’s New York Daily News: If you’re a cop, how do you cuff a 6-foot-tall, 350-pound man who doesn’t want to go to jail? Most arrests happen without a problem. Police…
I stand corrected
The medical examiner’s office says Eric Garner was murdered. To wit: “compression of neck (chokehold), compression of chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police.” Asthma, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity were contributing factors. His death has been ruled a homicide, and presumably we’re going to be in for a Staten Island trial with Daniel Pantaleo and perhaps other…