New York Daily News – by Tina Moore
Police are investigating whether a cop put a seven-months-pregnant woman in a chokehold while busting her for illegal grilling in Brooklyn — an incident caught on film.
Photos released Monday by an East New York advocacy group show Rosan Miller, 27, struggling with a cop who appears to have his arm around her neck.
The NYPD prohibits the use of chokeholds.
Officers went to the home over the weekend because Miller was grilling on a public sidewalk in violation of local law, cops said. But a melee broke out that ended with her, her brother and husband all in handcuffs.
The brother, John Miller, was charged with harassment and obstruction of justice. Her husband, Moses Miller, 34, was charged with resisting arrest and obstruction. Rosan Miller got a summons for disorderly conduct.
When former city councilman Charles Barron heard, he called cops to complain and “expedite” the Millers’ release, he said.
“This was all over a grill,” Barron said. “This is about grilling in front of her house.”
The advocacy group, People Organizing and Working for Empowerment and Respect, released the photos.
Barron pointed out that the woman’s daughter can be seen in the photo watching her mother being arrested.
Barron said one of the cops, a lieutenant, went to the building at 594 Bradford St. Thursday about a domestic incident involving another resident, returned on Saturday and encountered the grilling.
A case in which a man died while in an apparent chokehold has led to outcry in the city recently. Eric Garner, 43, of Staten Island, died July 17 after a confrontation with cops who were arresting him for selling loose cigarettes.
tmoore@nydailynews.com
With Rocco Parascandola
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pregnant-woman-apparently-put-chokehold-article-1.1882755
Wow.. I used to throw a barbeque/party on the sidewalk outside of my apartment building in Brooklyn EVERY independence day, memorial day, and labor day. The cops would drive by once, and then avoid that corner for the rest of the night. And we made noise late enough for people to throw stuff at us from the windows, too, so they were probably ignoring complaints as well. I guess things have changed dramatically in the five years that I’ve been gone.
The fact that they’re still putting people in choke holds after the recent murder shows you that they’re sure they’ll never have to answer for their crimes.
Illegal grilling? Why would anyone live in NY?