New York pushes for settlement in police chokehold death

$75M is quite a bit overboard.

I ask the supporters of this action to describe how this should have unfolded? A large man not combative but resistant during a frivolous arrest.

I have read many comments elsewhere stating that since he could say "I can't breathe" that means he could breathe. The utter stupidity of people never ceases to amaze me. It should be obvious enough that its not that simple, but even combined with 20/20 hindsight people still don't understand that yes, you can be able to say "I can't breathe" and not be able to suck in enough air to stay alive. This is shown by the simple fact that the man is dead. God people are dumb.

But when cops who should be trained go around jumping on a guys just standing there and putting them in chokeholds and not understanding that a man saying he can't breathe probably can't breathe, its just plain unforgivable.

That cops should be doing jail time. Instead all that may happen is this settlement.

The man's family will be very rich because of this crime. The better and cheaper solution would have been a trial.

The money is reasonable. While it is not the worth of a human life, the best way to get to someone (or a group of someones) is to hit their pocket books. 75mil of city revenue will peeve off the state legislature so that they'll be more inspired to pay attention and write better laws so they don't lose money like this again.