During Garner's arrest officers used banned techniques and ignored his cry for air, adding on to his injustice. A number of people, contradictingly, argue that Garner’s resisting arrest caused the officers to act in an ignorant manner,that they weren’t acting in a way of violence, rather a provoked action from disrespect. In a report of the incident, “When police came to arrest [Garner], he resisted” (Hays and Long). Therefore the argument is that the officer used the chokehold because of Garner’s resistance. Patton and Leonard quote King saying, "If he had not had asthma and a heart condition and was so obese, almost definitely he would not have died.” In other words King says the act that officers used on Garner was not meant to be threatening towards his…show more content… Not everyone that officers will be in “good” health condition. Just because Garner was in bad health doesn’t change the fact that he plead for air or that he was being handled with banned techniques by officer's death . Not to forget, “[Garner] pleaded for a breath of air 11 times” (Tiabi). “I can’t breath” means that a person is in a bad condition and is on the verge of dying. The moment officers heard Garners cry for air he should have been released Garner from the chokehold, he was already on the ground and he was nearly in handcuffs at the time. If officers feared that Garner would escape, a false accusation has been made because as said before he was near being handcuffed and there were multiple officers around him if he happened to attempt to escape. What more would Garner have had to done in order to prove he was on the verge of dying? When evidence of his struggle and misconduct from officers is clearly presented, why isn’t the slightest bit of justice served for Garner? Justice should be blind regardless of anyone's occupation or color, but in the terms of Garner justice has been
