Why Am I Not Surprised - Another Cop Gets Off

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/03/eric-garner_n_6263656.html

A grand jury in Staten Island voted Wednesday not to indict New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, a black man who died after Pantaleo placed him in a chokehold.

Garner, 43, was being arrested for selling untaxed cigarettes on July 17 when he died. In a video of the arrest, which has since gone viral, Garner screams “I can’t breathe!” multiple times until his body goes limp. A medical examiner later ruled his death a homicide.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement that Garner's death "was a terrible tragedy that no family should have to endure."


"This is a subject that is never far from my family’s minds – or our hearts. And Eric Garner’s death put a spotlight on police-community relations and civil rights – some of most critical issues our nation faces today."

The grand jury's decision in the Garner case comes just over a week after a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, declined to indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. A series of protests erupted nationwide immediately following the decision in Ferguson, and New York officials braced for similar protests on Wednesday.

Heightened police presence is expected throughout Staten Island and across the city to help quell demonstrations as they unfold. De Blasio cleared his schedule once the decision was announced. He is expected to go to Staten Island to meet with officials and activists.

Pantaleo released a statement in response to the grand jury's decision, expressing his regret for Garner's death.

“I became a police officer to help people and to protect those who can’t protect themselves," Pantaleo said in a statement. "It is never my intention to harm anyone and I feel very bad about the death of Mr. Garner. My family and I include him and his family in our prayers and I hope that they will accept my personal condolences for their loss.”

This is a developing story…

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Posted this in the ferguson thread



The Rodney king cops on film were acquitted...so.....that's how the law is operating

 

I'm not that suprised either.

 

Sir charles weighing in as always

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-doubles-Ferguson-comments-new-interview.html

 

He just lost me on that one. That's a fucked way for anyone, let alone a black man, to think.

So because the old black man across the street is a criminal, my local PD has the right to kill me if I get a bit out of pocket? That's exactly what he, and everyone else who feels that way, is saying.

 

Why everyone keeps deflecting from the issue of cops killing blacks, is beyond me

I get it....black on black crime is pretty high......but what does that have to do with the issue of questionable killings

 

Nothing, they don't want you alive period full stop. There's no logic beyond that any attempt at rationalizing is a waste of time. They want us all gone unless we play the Archaman Paniro ass kissing with our heads down game and even then it's a gamble.

 

Bullshit nothin

Everyone gets that wakeup call sooner or later

And if U dont....ur a lucky mothafucka

My wakeup call came real early.....I spoke properly, had good grades, wore my pants up, had baggy nothing, was on student council...model student right.........still called the n-word at school on a weekly basis or had people teasing me for my hair or thick lips

And I grew up in the 90s

 

Unless basketball is the subject you can count on Barkley to be in full swing tool mode.

 

Look

Barkley has it good and wishes you lames would stop rocking the boat

Remember...even mlk had those scared mofos with a little bit of success and status, who didn't want him fighting against the establishment

 

Don't forget about John

These grand jury hearings on white cops haven't proven very productive in recent cases . . . the symbiotic relationships they have with county prosecutors seems like a clear conflict of interest in a vigorous inculpatory presentation of evidence via the earnest pursuit of probable cause.

Will Tamir Rice's family suffer the same fate as that of Eric Gardner and John Crawford??? ~ https://storify.com/YonnieTaughtU/j...tm_content=storify-pingback&awesm=sfy.co_thNg

 

Oh i forgot about john too

Shitty call by some fake marine wannabe, led to cops running in guns blazing at a man holding a toy gun he picked up off the shelf?!!!!

That's the last time I'll walk around walmart like that

 

Which now adds to the narrative that all you have to do is look threatening you don't even have to be doing shit.
But we also learned that even if caught on video, literally caught red handed nothing happens.