I agree with all that everyone is replying. I was just asking becaue of his comment about the officer saying he didn't mean it.
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Staten Island Grand Jury Does Not Indict in Eric Garner Case
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I agree with all that everyone is replying. I was just asking becaue of his comment about the officer saying he didn't mean it.
Foxy Fox 39
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More specifically pride.
It's called an occupational arrogance. Cops actually believe they shouldn't be questioned or challenged in any way.
You realize you can't kill a man for non-violently resisting arrest right?
Breaking the law is one thing but barely looked to be resisting arrest. Looked more confused as to why he was getting arrested, neither if which would justify that choke.
googleplex
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If you're not joking then, fuck your callous disregard for life.
Please be sarcastic, please!
Blood Diamonds
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Look at all those quotes you're getting! buddy
I assume your being sarcastic. If so, please stop. There's no need for more of this shit. If not, do you really think resisting arrest, with no dangerous weapon on an individual, is cause for lethal measures?
googleplex
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Apparently you can if you're a police officer and the man is black.
OrangeGrayBlue
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Apparently you can.
I might be joining a protest in LA later tonight. I can't keep hearing about these stories and feel content just voicing my disapproval on the internet.
You can if you are a Cop....
Gordon Shumway
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Fact!
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thepotatoman
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It's not that risky.
Generally protesters are some the coolest people you'll ever meet. Stick with the main group and you'll be fine.
I recommend more people join in if they have the opportunity.
If you're a cop, apparently you can. And the media and your fellow men will love you for it.
I was only showing that arguments can be made for a defence force, as absurd and petty as they are.
Please. I have no reason to argue for those sincerely, for the cop was entirely in the wrong with the chokehold.
I only said what I said because that will very likely be the argument police apologetics will make. Which you know will be said on the news, if it hasn't been said already.
Please. I have no reason to argue for those sincerely, for the cop was entirely in the wrong with the chokehold.
I only said what I said because that will very likely be the argument police apologetics will make. Which you know will be said on the news, if it hasn't been said already.
Just. Don't.
CrunchyFrog
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This is scary. Not only can't we even get these cases to trial, we can't even get actual charges brought up? Why the hell does a grand jury need to intervene here anyway? Is it not the role of the courts and due process to determine presence of wrong-doing? Was there really not enough evidence to suggest at all that something wrong had happened, regardless of whether they thought the verdict would be guilty or no? This scares the ever loving shit out of me, that there's a certain subset of society now that is above even QUESTIONING by the law. Absolutely terrifying.
Don't worry, they'll make them. You don't have to pre-emptively make them for them.
CrunchyFrog said:
Prosecutor didn't want to indict. As I pointed out in a previous post:
Good to know the ones adjudicating the law for the state have the priorities straight.
Dreams-Visions
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You don't need to make arguments for a perspective you don't support.
That's not even true.
You already have Rep. Peter King who said in a CNN interview earlier on that Garner would of not died if he had not been obese.
Blood Diamonds
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Oh, sorry. It's just that I don't take anything as sarcasm anymore :l
You're right, they'll make them and they'll be supported and nothings gonna happen because he was "scary" and a "thug."
shadyspace
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Untrue and flippant shit like this only serves to alienate people who could otherwise be sympathetic to your cause.
Yuup.
For any of us white folks who think this won't happen to us we have to remember that black men are just #1 on their list of "who we get to kill with impunity".
Dreams-Visions
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too bad we'll never learn the split.
Don't get me started on those. Fucking absolutely bullshit. Been ranting about these para-military state actions for a while.
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I'd rather hear a record of the proceeding to see what kind of case the Prosecutor put forth. Oh, thats right, I can't. Secret proceeding.
Ray Wonder
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There's no disputing this one, it's bullshit. What a disgusting system.
I don't think that's true, they can kill anyone it's just black Americans are an easier target.
MeBecomingI
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This is an absolutely unbelievably stupid and horribly wrong decision.
Holy. Fuck.
Holy. Fuck.
I think this is from Ferguson but I agree with the sentiment:
The Israel lobby doesn't think so.
While police brutality is a thing even for the outmost privileged, there was that cop during the Ferguson protests who lost his job because of choke holding a white guy.
But it's not really an argument. It's to justify bullshittery with our over violent police force. Even using those points as arguments does not address the lethality police officers use. Our intent to kill mentality is a major problem today.
My apologies if it seemed like I was trying to paint a picture of a civilian being killed by a cop unjustly as a justifiable manner. I would hope it'd be commonsensical to see, but I suppose I underestimated how people can beguile themselves to brush over ills that many people took what I said as sincere, as there are those who hold such ideas as sincere. That too is a problem.
Foffy be like:
I don't follow. Carlton looks smug, and I am not promoting a sense of smugness. Unless there's more I'm missing.
I think this is from Ferguson but I agree with the sentiment:
I can understand that sentiment. The problem is that any mass scale riots or resistance would be used as an excuse to increase police presence within the country.
Violence should not be used against local businesses or members of the community. For example, Farrakhan gave a speech where he basically implied that white people should be killed which is complete nonsense.
If someone killed a person from my immediate family and there was a corrupt system in place to safeguard the perpetrator, I would probably have to think "it all through".
FTFY.
There's a defense force for everything here. EVERYTHING. Any question I see of whether there is one/will be one I view as ironic or tragic naivete.
Gordon Shumway
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Much better.
A little closer to the truth but you'll still have a hard time going after a cop for any reason here in America.
Did he kill a RICH white cop?
This rebuttal irks me far me than the post it's responding to.
shadyspace
Banned
Okay.
I agree, but what else is there to do? I'm reminded of:
I really agree. Targets should of course make sense.
I always thought a more apt peaceful protest would be a general boycott. These rulings tell me that some sectors of the United States don't view us as a functioning part of society. So we should cease functioning. Don't buy shit, don't do shit. Anyone that supports the cause can join.
It's a lot and will never happen but it's a better way to affect the "system" without burning shit down.
Depends, if hes a thug they get a promotion.
Err I mean black person. Not thug, sorry.
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