Anonymous Coward User ID: 1277093 United States 12/08/2014 11:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A Medical Perspective on the Garner Tragedy By G. Wesley Clark, MD Mr. Garner's demise was the consequence of a confluence of many factors, most of which were beyond the ken of a policeman, and which occurred in devastatingly rapid sequence. Eric Garner was very obese, said to weigh at least 350 pounds. In fact, based upon his height and appearance, he very likely weighed more than that, but very few bathroom scales read high enough to accurately measure weight of that magnitude. By simple observation, one could see that his abdomen was very large and protuberant. His chest was similarly blanketed with a heavy layer of fat, and he had no visible neck – no indentation under his jaw, typically present in non-obese persons, which permits application of a "chokehold," to briefly arrest the carotid circulation to render him unconscious and manageable. The chokehold was ineffective as a control, but it served to take him to the ground by leverage..........<50% rule observed Read more: [ link to www.americanthinker.com] Follow us: @AmericanThinker on Twitter | AmericanThinker on Facebook |