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This is just plain sick. There's no other term for it.
Anyone watching the video of those five cops assaulting Garner can clearly see a heinous crime being committed; he was strangled to death as he begged for his life. There's no possible alternative take.
Garner was suspected of selling individual cigarettes, which is widely practiced in NYC due to the crazy taxes on tobacco sales there. It's a very minor white collar misdemeanor. Which should bring up the question of why didn't a cop simply write him a ticket if they were so absolutely obsessed with enforcing tax revenues? Was NYC so blissfully peaceful last summer that five cops had no other priorities than to strong arm this guy?
The fact that this police manslaughter has the tacit approval of our "justice system" should be a stern enlightenment to all Americans.
Well said.
I could understand the grand jury 'no billing' Officer Wilson, but this case is sickening.
Decent guy? Would you want Eric Garner selling your 12 year old cigarettes? He was selling cigarettes to minors and was on bail when approached by the police.
By the way, this "decent" guy has a long rap sheet with 31 arrests including assault and driving without a license.
He wasn't at the time of his death. He had no cigarette's on him. There was no complaint filed that he was selling cigarette's. The police were called over a fight. A fight not involving Garner outside of him trying to break it up. The police had no reason at all to arrest him.
Not when you have done nothing wrong. You won't find a single case where someone was convicted of resisting where it was a mistaken arrest. You are advised to not resist but that is so they won't beat the crap out of you. Or worse.
He was previously convicted of that heinous crime. At the time the police force killed him he had no cigarette's on him.
The police DID NOT kill him. He had a seizure and died during the arrest. If he would not have resisted and put up a fight, he would be alive to have his day in court. This was a tragic accident. Nothing more.
The police DID NOT kill him. He had a seizure and died during the arrest. If he would not have resisted and put up a fight, he would be alive to have his day in court. This was a tragic accident. Nothing more.
When a person does something he is not permitted to do (the police officer) and it leads to the death of another, that is not an accident.
It's funny how so many seem to believe their medical expertise trumps the medical examiner.
The police DID NOT kill him. He had a seizure and died during the arrest. If he would not have resisted and put up a fight, he would be alive to have his day in court. This was a tragic accident. Nothing more.
So he died of natural causes?
He still should have had his day in court but there wasn't enough probable cause according to the grand jury.
This is just plain sick. There's no other term for it.
Anyone watching the video of those five cops assaulting Garner can clearly see a heinous crime being committed; he was strangled to death as he begged for his life. There's no possible alternative take.
Garner was suspected of selling individual cigarettes, which is widely practiced in NYC due to the crazy taxes on tobacco sales there. It's a very minor white collar misdemeanor. Which should bring up the question of why didn't a cop simply write him a ticket if they were so absolutely obsessed with enforcing tax revenues? Was NYC so blissfully peaceful last summer that five cops had no other priorities than to strong arm this guy?
The fact that this police manslaughter has the tacit approval of our "justice system" should be a stern enlightenment to all Americans.
Can someone please explain the purpose of a "Grand Jury?" Was the video viewed by the "Jury?" Were the jurors blindfolded? POLICE do not have the right to kill at will. To me, it looks like the officer in this incident, jumped in, not even knowing what was going on.
The right to wear a police officer's badge should be an honor; not some means to give the right to be above the law. Grand Jury's should be abolished. IMHO
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