My point this entire time has been that the man himself is also partly responsible for the confrontation.
cops have training, numbers, and weapons of various lethality at their disposal.
When there are five cops with all of these things - They are SUPPOSED to be able to put 1 man into custody without killing him. Especially when he clearly says "I cannot breathe".
Anyone who defends it - This could be YOU getting choked to death. You could have an unforseen stroke, seizure, etc, and when police arrive, you don't 'obey' and end up getting choked to death over it. These cops maybe don't deserve prison, but they should NOT be on the streets tomorrow, doing it again.
Didn't one of them have a pending charge issue for something else? Thought I saw that.