Gracie Breakdown: The death of Eric Garner
Although the mainstream media has clung onto the idea that the “choke-hold” is what caused Mr. Garner’s death, Ryron and Rener offer their own opinions.
On July 17, 2014, 6′ 4″, 350 pound Eric Garner was allegedly selling un-taxed cigarettes on the streets of New York for 50 cents each. He got into an altercation with officers of the New York Police Department. Mr. Garner. As caught on video, one of the officers applied a neck restraint to control Mr. Garner and get him to the ground.
Mr. Garner passed out, was given only a perfunctory check by EMTs, and died.
Although the mainstream media has clung onto the idea that the “choke-hold” is what caused Mr. Garner’s death, Ryron and Rener offer their own opinions on the incident based on their experience as life-long jiu-jitsu practitioners and lead defensive tactics instructors of the Gracie Survival Tactics (GST) program for law enforcement. The Gracie brothers also discuss the challenges that arise when arresting subjects with pre-existing medical conditions and demonstrate some of the GST techniques that enable officers to control and arrest unruly subjects with the least amount of force possible.
This video is over 40 minutes in length. If use of force by law enforcement is an area of interest, please also check out:
•Canadian Police Research Center study;
•Force Science Institute study comparing the injury rate for five common force options – Empty-hand control techniques, Baton, OC spray, Conducted energy weapons (Tasers), Lateral vascular neck restraint.
