In his closing argument on behalf of Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo last week, defense attorney Stu London contended that Eric Garner was killed not by an NYPD-banned chokehold applied by his client but rather several serious physical ailments from which he suffered that made him particularly vulnerable to stress and strenuous physical struggle.
In essence, he said, Mr. Garner set in motion his own demise by resisting arrest when Officer Pantaleo tried to handcuff him for selling untaxed cigarettes on a Staten Island street.
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