You have a good point!

:/ The cop could have handcuffed him and then extract the drugs from the guys mouth,or threaten to taser the shit out of him if he doesn't spit it out,but he chose to tackle the guy.

you are a fool. One day these helpful pigs will fuck you or a family member over.

The sign in front of my farm clearly states, I do not know the number for 911, but I do know it for the county morgue.
Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again.

FUCK THIS PIG AND EVERY OTHER PIECE OF SHIT THAT WEARS THE BADGE.

it is usually the criminal that needs the 911 call when they fuck with my house.I had a guy beg me to call the cops and then ask them what took them so long.

Yeah! Call a cop nowadays, and some fat ass idiot will show up, asking stupid questions, and never solving a crime! Anyone defending them must, also, be police. Because after 58 years of worshipping these protectors of our freedom, I have come to see the truth. They are no better than the criminals that we pay them to protect us from.

Who do I call? My .45 baby!

Bull shit on both comments. Cops will do anything to you that they want and then dare you to seek justice. Which you will not get! They are the new American Nazis and I despise them and their corrupt leadership!

If someone was choking me I would struggle , also! This cop was wrong and did follow proper procedures. Of course, the crooks in blue will close ranks and cover for him. I will bet he will be retired in 5 years!

He was not a perp! He was an innocent man suspected of a crime, but not tried or convicted. The next time a post like this comes up, it is only fair that police contributers identify themselves! Then we will know your position!

1 male, are attempting a personal attack on my intelligence? Or simply being insulting out of frustration? The ratio of crooked cops is in line with the ratio of criminals in our society. If not slightly greater. You know that giving a weinie a gun and baton, soon makes them think that they are a big "Hotdog".

Abuse of power happens when actions are left unchecked by these "professionals"..... Look into the stanford prison experiment..... untill these officers are disciplined for the minor infractions things like this will continue to happen. Punish them extremely for the abuse of their power and they will be more inclined to think twice about their actions....

There were other mitigating factors that caused this man's death. And we do not know WHEN the man's Hyoid bone was broken...YES Moonloon(atic) you can in fact walk around for DAYS with a broken hyoid and suffer no ill effect.

The idea that some people are automatically convicting the officer in one breath, and then in the SAME breath talk about innocent until proven guilty shows me that you do not care AT ALL about justice, you care about ONE thing, punishing police officers.

I have one thing to say to those people, when you STOP acting in a manner that demands a police presence in society, we will not longer have police. As long as you continue to act like monkeys throwing your feces at one another, there will be police.

You have no intelligence to attack Moonloon.

A great solution! kill a man to prevent him from harming himself! Are you playing with a full deck?

Earth to Hammy, when your neck is broken you do nor drive around taking drugs. If broken previously he would have died then! Do not presume that cops are innocent. They are just as, if not, more corrupt than the criminals or innocent people that they portray as criminals. Does anyone really think that a lower quartile group is qualified to police a upper quartile population?

A broken neck does not equal instant death, or even death at all. You watch too many movies. I am not defending the officer, I am acting as a JUROR should. The data presented in this story is completely inconclusive.

"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation."

I welcome you to check this out for me. Every fighter, cop, self defense expert, or martial artist, know two things. You can quickly kill a man by two ways; Drive the base of your palm into his nose and force the bone into his brain, thus inducing death. Or, crush the hypoid bone in the throat, inducing shock and death by suffocation. This is common knowledge among fighters, but rarely used due to the high chance of causing death. I have ended a number of fights by a punch to my opponents throat, but not using full force for fear of killing the man. This cop was well aware of the dangers of this hold. He was trying to impose his will on another man!

Well, being as there is NO bone in the human nose, I have to assume you have no idea what you are talking about in this regard.

Your are an idiot and did not check out my comments as I suggested, before commenting. I would be happy to give you the procedure and then you can comment on it's effectiveness. The cartilage compresses and the bone between your eyes is then driven into the brain. Of course assuming that you have a brain.

I actually did research it, and aside from Karate websites, there is no merit to this idea. EVERY doctor who commented said it was so unlikely as to be considered absurd. DOCTORS, not those idiots from your Ninja Supply Store.

Exactly, it is a karate technique designed to kill a man. By the way did you ask the doctors about the chances of a man driving around with a broken neck and fighting with a police officer, I don't think that you did! I notice that you have not commented on the effect of crushing the hypoid bone, which is what this dumbass cop did to this man? I have lived in Louisiana for 25 years and am well aware of the caliber of law enforcement in Livingston Parish! Are you a police officer, or a wannabe?

I just had another thought. Why ask a doctor about a method of death. I will bet that this poor man went straight to the morgue he did not need a doctor, as he was dead. The same thing would happen to any man killed by whatever reason. They go to the pathologist, not to a DOCTOR, who is clueless after a man is dead. I exactly explained the two ways to kill a man and cops know these very well!

You are making an assumption based on insufficient Data. If you think that the information received in this story is enough to convict a person of murder, I hope you are never allowed on a Jury. I am not defending this officer, I am ONLY saying you have a contempt of police officers which colors your perspective. That is what we call PREJUDICE, you are prejudging the facts of this case based on your loathing of all things police.

I know it is a Karate move, that's why I said it. But I am telling you what DOCTORS say on this issue. I take the word over a doctor more familiar with Human anatomy and likely causes of death over someone who writes for Karate Times.

Most doctor's will tell you a broken hyoid (not hyPoid bone as you keep calling it, causing me to wonder if, again you know what you are talking about) That yes in fact, people CAN in fact walk around, like normal never knowing the Hyoid is broken. A broken Hyoid in NO way is instantly fatal. So, once again...wrong answer.

ALSO you apparently did not read the entire COD the that the Coroner published....let me repost it for you so you can gain a clearer perspective. “severe coronary artery disease, an enlarged heart, and a fracture of the hyoid bone in his neck.”

So there were actually multiple factors contributing to his death.

Once again I will say, There is INSUFFICIENT data to convict this officer of murder. If you think otherwise I am not sure how much logic you are capable of mustering.

Ok, now I KNOW you are a complete and total moron without the capacity for rational investigation. Both of your methods of inflicting death are completely wrong, and without merit...so, ONE DOWN...

Also..a CORONER..in the Morgue IS A DOCTOR. TWO DOWN.

You are banished to the "talking monkey" section. good bye.

Run, if you want, but the truth will find you. Most 42 year old fat Americans show some sign of coronary disease. This started shortly after WW2; as noted by DOCTORS, treating Korean War casualities. The man was killed by a police officer, sworn to serve and protect. He failed in his duty and a man died because of it. All of the political cover up rhetoric in the world will not change this fact. The man is dead at the hands of a man sworn to uphold the laws of this nation. The first of which is," we are innocent until judged to be guilty". He killed an innocent man and I hope he serves a long prison term for it!

You claim you have a regard for innocent until proven guilty, and then turn around and claim this cop is GUILTY without a trial...your monkey logic confuses people who actually think logically.

I did some research, Hammy, and you were correct about the hyoid bone break not always being fatal. There was a case of a professional wrestler being accidently struck in the throat, breaking the hyoid bone and surviving quite well.
i found quite a few police training papers regarding the use and misuse of choke hold tactics used by policemen. San Diego limited the "Carotid Restraint Control Hold" after 7 men died in custody since 1989. L.A.P.D. reports 16 men die between 1975 and 1982, as a result of a variety of choke holds being applied by "peace officers". It is interesting to note that no deaths since 1882 were recorded in Judo tournaments as a result choke holds (Shime Waza) being applied. 2006 a man was beaten and choked to death in Bakersfield while restrained and in custody. The autopsy reported broken facial bone, internal fractures, yet the cause of death was a "choke hold" applied by 3 officers, while the man was bound hand and foot.
Here is comment from the San Diego Asst. D.A. "as a general rule, in the case of unknown death, hyoid fractures are treated as homicide by strangulation unless proven otherwise. 33% of manual strangulation victims have a fractured hyoid. Next I checked out some autospy reports on "perp's" dying in custody. Every single autopsy report quoted, heart disease, drug use, hpertension, etc.etc. before finally reporting the likely cause of death was an bar arm, choke hold, or Carotid Restraint hold. However, the worst one was blaming a strangulation death on sickle cell anemia. Did you know that officers responding to a call are directed to treat strangulation attempts by "perps" as an attempted homicide or aggravated assault and to request paramedics immediately? These means that officers are using deadly force in situations that may not require deadly force. One other interesting note from a training paper. "Student Performance Evaluations should be kept if needed for future litigation". Next it explained that many subjects will panic upon having a choke hold applied, as a result of the "flight or fight" response triggered in the brain when being choked. Next are the take down techniques using an officers weight to injure the suspect, while shouting for the benefit of the camera,"get down, get down". This is to create an illusion that the suspect/victim was resisting. Watch "Cops" and you will frequently see a very large policeman kneeling on the head or neck of an unresisting man while 3 or 4 others put on the restraints. This is very common.

a pig killed someone and all you can do is joke?
Your as bad as the pig

Don't do and carry hard drugs, period. Yes the cops suck...no you don't have to put yourself in a shitty situation. Sorry about his luck. His heart probably blew up before his neck snapped.

I only wish I could recommend this 10 times

may have helped in this case but police are known to take advantage of people with unlawful requests...

These and countless others are all classic examples of our police system needing constant revising and techniques needing updating, as well. We must keep bringing attention to and demanding change in order for things to happen. Please keep up the great work.

going to have to wait a while for that...the victim is dead, and I seriously doubt there was much of anything going through the cop's head.

actions speak louder than words

That's funny, I'm actually inclined to believe that cops don't know what their doing.

or scarier yet, they do and enjoy it

or join "Xe"

See now that's my problem with humanitarianism.........He should be staked and quartered like the good old days,anything less would be an injustice to All.

for what?? doing his job?

His job is NOT killing suspects.

Yeah. You didn't know that?

Yes you dumbass. It's really that simple. If you don't do what they instruct (which is almost always within regulation) then they will restrain you. That's really it. If he had spit the drugs out of his mouth, this unfortunate incident wouldn't have happened. Period.

There is definitely a double standard, and it needs to stop.

how many honest citizen do you know puts drugs in thier mouths to evade the police???????

Not sure, but I'd venture to guess that it's somewhere around the number of police officers that plant evidence to cover up their mistakes.

Now that's funny!

You would think. But then the cop could just shoot and kil you while your handcuffed on the ground, and say he was going for his tazer (Fruitvale BART homicide).