Eric Garner: Tall, Dark, and Threatening
Eric Garner may not have been a saint. Pro-law
enforcement media, under the guise of fair and balanced reporting, has
made a point to note that Garner had a fairly extensive arrest record
(not all convictions; there is an important difference). Still, even as
he was no stranger to the criminal justice system, Garner had been in
custody over 25 times…and somehow managed to live to tell about it
before being choked to death. I say this because for those who would
want to push the “he was a known perp who resisted arrest”
angle, it is much harder to understand why someone familiar with the
system would “resist” to that degree unless there was indeed a
life-threatening level of discomfort. Generally, telling someone “I
can’t breathe” counts as life threatening.
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