BREAKING NEWS: The NYPD has taken the gun and badge away from the officer who placed Eric Garner in a chokehold. He has eight years on the force.

This is truly a sad story. My condolences and prayers go out to Mr. Eric Garner's family and friends.
May his soul rest in peace...

BRATTON ORDERS REVIEW OF NYPD TRAINING AFTER DEATH OF ERIC GARNER

-- New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton has ordered a thorough review of the NYPD's training procedures in the aftermath of the death of Eric Garner, the man who was held in an apparent chokehold and died as police attempted to arrest him last week. At a news conference Tuesday, Bratton said the NYPD will conduct a "top to bottom review of all of the training this department provides to its personnel, specifically focusing on force, how do we train our officers for a takedown, how do we train them to use the various levels of force that they're authorized to use." Bratton said he anticipates there will be a retraining of the entire 35,000 member force in the future.

He said when the retraining is done, the NYPD will have "state of the art" training for officers nationally. Bratton also met Tuesday with the FBI, which is now monitoring the investigation into the case and said he would "not be surprised" if the U.S. Attorney decides to open a civil rights investigation. Family, friends and community leaders held a vigil Tuesday night and demanded justice, gathering at a park near where police tried to arrest Garner. They marched to the Staten Island precinct Tuesday night chanting the last words Eric Garner uttered, "I can't breathe". Meantime, we are now learning more about the missteps taken by 2 EMT's who arrived on the scene when Garner was unconscious.

 Two EMTs and two paramedics are now all suspended without pay by Richmond University Medical Center as the hospital conducts its own internal investigation. Critics now saying they didn't follow proper protocol. "I can't breathe," Garner is heard saying in a video shot by a bystander. They were the desperate words of 43-year-old Eric Garner as cops slammed his face into a Staten Island sidewalk seconds after officers, one using an apparent chokehold, wrestled the asthmatic diabetic to the ground last Thursday. Eyewitness News has learned that one of the NYPD sergeants on the scene later told investigators, "She believed she heard the perpetrator state that he was having difficulty breathing." But she also downplayed Garner's condition, saying, "The perpetrator's condition did not seem serious and he did not appear to get worse." A cell phone video appears to show a handcuffed Garner unresponsive as medical help finally arrives from Richmond University Medical Center.

 The former director of New York City's EMS system sees problems from the beginning, starting with that apparent chokehold. Eyewitness News Investigative Reporter Sarah Wallace spoke by phone with Dr. Alexander Kuehl. "Reasons he could have been unconscious, because of a neck injury, a head injury, a lack of blood to the brain, a lack of inability to breathe while on the ground," Dr. Kuehl said. Dr. Kuehl was also surprised the first medical technician on the scene simply checked Garner's pulse. A few minutes later he was heaved onto a stretcher and then suffered cardiac arrest. "What she didn't do, oxygen, check his airway, put a cervical collar, she didn't do the routine of what she was supposed to do," Dr. Kuehl said. "The ambulance was right down the block, but the police said 'not yet,'" explained Giordio Dano. Dano just happens to be a registered nurse and was down the block Thursday afternoon when he spotted a commotion on the Staten Island sidewalk. Dano says he can't believe what he saw. "I would have flipped him over, checked his pulse and performed CPR, and get the ambulance here right away," he said.

 The woman who shot the seven minute long video also expressed frustration. "He was on the ground for a good ten minutes, no response whatsoever. When they put him in the gurney and put him to the side, EMS was stopped right there because they were trying to work on him," said Taisha Allen. Witnesses say they pleaded with EMS workers to do more than check Garner's vital signs. "We even screamed at them and told them, why are they concerned with putting him in the ambulance when they can do CPR right then and there," said witness Ramsey Orta. Orta recorded recorded Garner's arrest and takedown on his cellphone. Several minutes had gone by before he says Garner was taken away on a gurney.

 The mother of Garner's youngest child, who is just 3 months old, says she can't bear to watch the videos of the incident. "It's murder. It's murder," Jewel Miller said. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Monday told reporters that - as a layman - he thought a chokehold had been employed by a cop during the incident. "As an individual who's not expert in law enforcement, it looked like a chokehold to me. But I also emphasize you have a full investigation because all sides need to be heard and all evidence has to be looked at," de Blasio told reporters trailing him on vacation in Italy. Audio was provided to reporters in New York by the mayor's office. The mayor left on Saturday night, after postponing his departure for a day to deal with the developing firestorm over Garner's death.

 Garner, an asthmatic, was pronounced dead an hour after his arrest. Authorities said he died of a heart attack, but autopsy results have yet to be released. Previously, the NYPD took the gun and badge away from the officer who placed Garner in the apparent chokehold. That officer, Daniel Pantaleo, an 8-year veteran, has been placed on "modified assignment," pending the outcome of the dual probes by the district attorney and Internal Affairs. Garner was confronted by police trying to arrest him on suspicion of selling untaxed, loose cigarettes on a Staten Island sidewalk, authorities said.

The 6-foot-3, 350-pound Garner became irate, denying the charges and refusing to be handcuffed. A partial video of the encounter obtained by the New York Daily News shows one officer wrap his arm around Garner's neck as he is taken to the ground. Asked about the ongoing probe and controversy de Blasio left behind in New York, the mayor said: "There's an internal process and I respect that process.

The fact is that Commissioner (Bill) Bratton acted, having looked at the facts. It's quite clear the chokehold has been prohibited for decades, but I leave the specific actions within the police department to Commissioner Bratton. I have absolute faith in his judgment. I think the actions that have been taken show that there is a serious commitment to a full investigation." In the video obtained by the Daily News, Garner, who has been arrested for selling illegal cigarettes numerous times in recent years, says he hasn't done anything wrong. "Every time you see me, you want to mess with me. I'm tired of it. It stops today," Garner shouts. "I'm minding my business. Please just leave me alone." As four officers bring him down, Garner is heard gasping, "I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" The video shows one officer using his hands to push Garner's face into the sidewalk.

 Garner's family, along with Sharpton and his National Action Network, claim Garner repeatedly said he could not breathe while officers used excessive force to hold him down. Then he fell unconscious. Garner went into cardiac arrest and was transported by EMS to Richmond University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. A funeral for Garner, who went by the nickname Big E, will be held Wednesday at the Bethel Baptist Church in Brooklyn. Another rally on Staten Island is planned for Saturday afternoon. Find additional information and videos. 

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McDonald’s Supplier Recalls Meat in Expired Food Scandal

Not sure about you, but I'm not purchasing any stock in McDonalds or Seven Eleven. Not now, not ever. I'm sure you'll come to the same conclusion...

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If you want a McDonald’s Corp. meal in China, you’ll have to make it a fish burger.

Beef, pork and chicken items were eliminated as the restaurant chain’s supplier OSI Group LLC recalled all products made at its Shanghai unit yesterday. “We are now only offering a limited menu in our restaurants around the country,” McDonald’s China unit said in an e-mailed statement today.

OSI is accused of repackaging old meat as new at its Shanghai Husi Food Co. unit, which supplies customers including McDonald’s, Yum! Brands Inc. and Seven-Eleven Japan Co.’s parent, all of which have halted sales of the company’s products. The scandal further erodes perceptions that foreign-owned companies in China have higher safety standards than locally owned rivals.

Calls to McDonald’s delivery dispatchers in Beijing and Shanghai today confirmed that fish burgers are the only sandwiches available. Hong Kong McDonald’s have cut chicken McNuggets, McSpicy chicken filet, fresh corn cups, iced fresh lemon tea, green salad and grilled chicken salad from its menu because those involved ingredients from OSI units in Guangzhou and Hebei, according to the restaurant’s website.

OSI was “compelled to withdraw all products manufactured by Shanghai Husi” and replace its management team in China, the Aurora, Illinois-based company said yesterday in a statement on its website.

Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

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Restaurants and convenience stores from Hong Kong to Tokyo initially halted sales Shanghai Husi chicken nuggets following a July 20 report on local TV showing workers repackaging and selling chicken and beef past their sell-by dates. The recall has now spread to all products made by the Shanghai unit, including beef and pork.

Authorities Investigate

Chinese authorities have ordered Shanghai Husi’s plant shut for allegedly selling expired products. The local police detained five people in connection with an investigation into the meat supplier, the Shanghai Municipal Food and Drug Administration said in a July 23 statement.

The U.S.-based food processor is recalling its Shanghai Husi products “to help rebuild the trust of our customers and consumers, as well as to cooperate with the official investigatory process,” according to its statement yesterday.

OSI said it had brought a new management team into China to ensure operations were run “effectively.” The foodmaker is also conducting an internal investigation into current and former senior management, it said in the same statement.

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