From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Peter Schleifer  wrote:   
   >"Adam H. Kerman"  wrote:   
   >>Peter Schleifer   wrote:   
      
   >>>Now the emphasis is on going after people who are actually committing   
   >>>crimes, even minor ones, which has led to the current controversy over   
   >>>someone who was selling untaxed cigarettes dying while being   
   >>>restrained by police using a choke hold (which is against department   
   >>>policy).   
      
   >>I don't even get how a civil matter like municipal taxes got redefined   
   >>as a crime. Couldn't they have mailed the guy a summons? Why were the   
   >>police there at all?   
      
   >He was selling loose cigarettes on the street, an act for which he had   
   >been previously summonsed multiple times.  He got somewhat belligerent   
   >when approached by the police, and one sure way to get arrested in NYC   
   >is to be non-cooperative when being issued a summons.   
      
   Well, yes, contempt of cop is the most serious crime an ordinary   
   person can commit.   
      
   >This article has the latest on the aftermath of the incident as well   
   >as links to the earlier stories:   
   >http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/04/nyregion/after-recording-eric   
   garner-chokehold-ramsey-orta-gets-charged-with-gun-possession.ht   
   l?emc=edit_ur_20140804&nl=nyregion&nlid=4279&_r=0   
      
   The drug-prone streets of Staten Island near the ferry terminal? I had   
   absolutely no idea there were any dangerous areas.   
      
   I can't help but think that there wasn't a police intelligence unit following   
   and monitoring the guy who made the video, hoping to catch him in a crime.   
      
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