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Do you wish to live in a police state where it is wrong to question the police?
We are already there, if you have not noticed.
The mayor and city council, HIRES the police chief. He is not elected by those he controls.
Police are hired guns and security, for the rich that run the city. Not the people, or they would be elected and not appointed.
Cops were murdered because obama, Holder, Sharpton and De Blasio all are promoting racial divide in this country and all four are cheering for a race war. They are completely responsible for this country's racial uprising, and they love it.. All four should be in jail for what they are doing to this country..
Obama has received more death threats than any president in history. Do we blame the right wing radio? Did someone plant a seed in all these peoples heads?
I can understand being frustrated over getting harassed for minor things. He was supposed to know they would all jump him?
Seriously.......I can't for the life of me understand people still defending 6 guys jumping someone for selling loose cigarette's with one of them going as far as using a chokehold that had been banned.
What exactly were the cops supposed to do? Not arrest him at all?
And don't say yes because the cops were doing their job - the Chief of Dept. had JUST ordered a crack down on all sales of untaxed cigarettes. And par for the course we don't have a full video of the entire event - how long were the cops trying to take Garner in peacefully? With the amount of NYPD there (including the sergeant) I would assume that it was quite some time and the original officer(s) called in backup.
So when Garner says "please don't arrest me" or whatever he says, and makes moves to bat away the officers, what were they supposed to do?
And Garner knew exactly what was going to happen - you can't tell me he didn't. You don't get to be 40+ years old, have 30 some arrests and NOT know what was going to happen if he resisted arrest.
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