Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20141204:19:38:00
A police union spokesman says this was not a choke hold, but what's known as a seat belt maneuver, a common takedown tactic that's taught at the police academy. >> if you are speaking, can you breathe. unfortunately, he died for a number of reasons, and as the grand jury saw and the medical examiner said, it was not a choke hold that killed that person. so we feel badly that there was a loss of life, but, unfortunately, mr. garner made a choice that day to resist arrest. >> choke holds are not allowed by the nypd and we'll have to wait and see what the commissioner has to say about how they're...
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