Pregnant woman apparently put in chokehold by NYPD cop during dispute over illegal grilling

[SummerSnow]

Police are investigating whether a cop put a seven-months-pregnant woman in a chokehold while busting her for illegal grilling in Brooklyn — an incident caught on film. The NYPD prohibits the use of chokeholds.

Officers went to the home over the weekend because Miller was grilling on a public sidewalk in violation of local law, cops said. But a melee broke out that ended with her, her brother and husband all in handcuffs.



And it goes on and on and on.



http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/pregnant-woman-apparently-put-chokehold-article-1.1882755

[Trillo]

1. "illegal grilling?"

Oh yeah, you can smell the police state, and the private prison connection.

[SummerSnow]

2. You're preaching to the choir

[Downwinder]

3. NYPD Keystone Cops finally elevated to the level of absurdity.

[Comrade Grumpy]

4. You don't need to be Karnak the Magnificent to know what color she was.

"The envelope says....black"

[SummerSnow]

5. New Yorkers have been grilling on public sidewalks forever, now they want to enforce it?

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dob/downloads/pdf/tool_kit_barbecues.pdf

[awoke_in_2003]

6. When do they start doing this...

to people who play stick ball in the street? Wait- better not give them any ideas.

[Iggo]

7. Yay, Cops!

They're the best!

[Rex]

8. It is important for the average citizen to remember they always should live in constant

fear of the NYPD...LAPD for the other coast. They are a 'private army'...but hint hint: not yours.

[Brigid]

9. "Illegal grilling"?

This is NYC. Where are you supposed to grill in NYC?