Judge Andrew Napolitano said Wednesday that he was shocked by a grand jury’s decision not to indict the cop who killed Eric Garner, arguing that NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo should be charged for criminally negligent homicide.
“I think it is clearly a case for criminally negligent homicide,” the conservative author said during a radio appearance on “The Hugh Hewitt Show,” The Daily Caller reported.
“This is not Ferguson, Missouri,” Mr. Napolitano continued. “This is not somebody wrestling for your gun, this is not where you shoot or be shot at. This is choking to death a mentally impaired, grossly obese person whose only crime was selling cigarettes without collecting taxes on them. This does not call for deadly force by any stretch of the imagination.”
“Are you shocked that no indictment came down?” Mr. Hewitt asked.
“Yes, I am,” Mr. Napolitano responded, The Daily Caller reported. “This tells me that the district attorney didn’t want an indictment. You know as well as I do that if any DA wants an indictment, he can get one.”
“The drinking game cliche is that a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich,” he added.
• Jessica Chasmar can be reached at jchasmar@washingtontimes.com.
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