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I have to agree. There's something wrong when a citizen winds up dead for evading taxes by selling single cigarettes (TAX EVASION????) and a Rep congressmen only loses his job for essentially fiddling with a tax return of his or someone elses, am I wrong in this?
What about all the other taxes being evaded in that city? What about those tax evaders?
Is there something out of balance here?
There sure is something out of balance, but it's not the cops' fault. When they tried to arrest Garner they were following the orders of the police brass who were following orders from the mayor to strictly enforce that law.
People eventually get the government they DESERVE. The very large criminals element in NY and St Louis and other areas with a significant black population wants freedom from law, so now they're getting it.
I actually heard an upset black caller on Bill Bennet this morning saying when Darren Wilson was confronted by the giant Mike Brown, he should have just "backed down" and left and nobody would have died that day!
I'm no fan of DeBlasio, but the police are hugely overreacting. Yes, he's been tone deaf. Sure, the police are in the right to castigate him for it. This is overkill and makes me and I think many other normal citizens less supportive of them in this, much in the way the mall-and-highway protests made me and others less supportive of the protesters. Allowing petty crime is not going to win hearts and minds.
Ah yes yet another "the lawless administration" post
Sorry, it's a legitimate point. You can't argue what you do and then ignore the administrations dismissal of the laws. Their refusal to prosecute the people that crashed the economy. An administration that gave arms to drug dealers, lost them and caused the death of an officer and then lied about it.
NY Post: arrests down 94% - NYPD not issuing tickets or summonses...
If they'd had this approach to a guy selling single cigs for pennies back in July, instead of strangling him, they could have saved themselves a whole lot of grief.
Something tells me that slacking off now isn't going to gain them much support.
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NY Post: arrests down 94% - NYPD not issuing tickets or summonses...
