A Jamestown man was charged with criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation and criminal possession of a controlled substance, among four other charges.
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to harm this person. to harm eric garner deliberately and ended up killing him. a second degree manslaughter would be more reckless. that s a lower standard basically, that you didn t care what would happen and you ended up causing a death or a homicide. you have a charge of criminally negligent homicide which is what people think of more in the auto accident context. you were negligent in the way you were acting and causing a death. and the other charge they could look at unrelated to a homicide itself would-be criminal obstruction of breathing. a fairly low chair whencharge when you consider the fact that the individual was killed or deceased. that s a simple new york law that said you can t strangle somebody. all right. the officers union released a statement saying, quote, eric garner made many bad life choices some of which brought him poor health and some of which brought him to that street corner where he despite warnings from police, continued