Killer Cop Walks Free After Eric Garner Verdict

[Sovereign]

No Grand JuryIndictment inStaten IslandChokehold Case

 

[Logan]

" ..to bring criminal charges in the death of Eric Garner, a black man who died after being placed in a chokehold by a white police officer."

Can it not just be "man" and "officer"?

All of this is getting ****ing stupid.

 

[Liam]

" ..to bring criminal charges in the death of Eric Garner, a black man who died after being placed in a chokehold by a white police officer."

Can it not just be "man" and "officer"?

All of this is getting ****ing stupid.

Thank you.
And seriously the title of this thread is so ****ing sensationalized and biased.

 

[Sovereign]

Thank you.
And seriously the title of this thread is so ****ing sensationalized and biased.

So?

 

[Liam]

So?

I just feel like to actually get all the facts on a story we have to go into it without any bias.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

" ..to bring criminal charges in the death of Eric Garner, a black man who died after being placed in a chokehold by a white police officer."

Can it not just be "man" and "officer"?

All of this is getting ****ing stupid.

The police officer was the subject of two civil rights lawsuits in 2013 where it was alleged he brutally arrested the plaintiffs in racially-motivated situations.

We can stop talking about race when it stops being an issue, when the justice system actually brings justice to people of color, and when police officers are actually held accountable for their actions.

 

[Sovereign]

I just feel like to actually get all the facts on a story we have to go into it without any bias.

This isn't a new case. It's been going on for months. Plus, there's a video of the whole encounter online. If you haven't made up your mind on this already, then you haven't been paying attention.

And this isn't a trial. There's no need for your "need for objectivity" bullshit. I made a thread, and I didn't break any rules.

 

[Kaeb]

Race is a factor and an issue, not mentioning it would be retarded.

 

[Liam]

The police officer was the subject of two civil rights lawsuits in 2013 where it was alleged he brutally arrested the plaintiffs in racially-motivated situations.

We can stop talking about race when it stops being an issue, when the justice system actually brings justice to people of color, and when police officers are actually held accountable for their actions.

Didn't know about the officer's history. Definitely needs to be held accountable.

 

[Clayton]

 

[Logan]

The police officer was the subject of two civil rights lawsuits in 2013 where it was alleged he brutally arrested the plaintiffs in racially-motivated situations.

We can stop talking about race when it stops being an issue, when the justice system actually brings justice to people of color, and when police officers are actually held accountable for their actions.

While that might hold true for this particular instance I've seen a mass proliferation of stories like this since the the announcement of the Ferguson grand jury decision. Most of them are oversensationalized bullshit with race directly injected so it gets more views/likes/upvotes/whatever.

It's all becoming asinine, and frankly I couldn't care less. Call me a racist, a commander and perpetuator of white privilege - whatever. Fact remains that as these kinds of stories continue to flood the news and social media my empathy gauge is running more than a little dry.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

While that might hold true for this particular instance I've seen a mass proliferation of stories like this since the the announcement of the Ferguson grand jury decision. Most of them are oversensationalized bullshit with race directly injected so it gets more views/likes/upvotes/whatever.

It's all becoming asinine, and frankly I could care less. Call me a racist, a commander and perpetuator of white privilege - whatever. Fact remains that as these kinds of stories continue to flood the news and social media my empathy gauge is running more than a little dry.

You're annoyed that you have to hear about it all the time. Try being black and having to live it all the time.

There's a proliferation of these stories because the problem is growing, and people are becoming more aware of it.

 

[Clayton]

While that might hold true for this particular instance I've seen a mass proliferation of stories like this since the the announcement of the Ferguson grand jury decision. Most of them are oversensationalized bullshit with race directly injected so it gets more views/likes/upvotes/whatever.

It's all becoming asinine, and frankly I could care less. Call me a racist, a commander and perpetuator of white privilege - whatever. Fact remains that as these kinds of stories continue to flood the news and social media my empathy gauge is running more than a little dry.

So the news shouldn't report on stuff like deaths under questionable circumstances, murder, rape, torture, etc?

Yeah, let's just sweep everything under the rug, that will fix everything. The more these stories come out, the more pressure police departments will have to change.

 

[Sovereign]

While that might hold true for this particular instance I've seen a mass proliferation of stories like this since the the announcement of the Ferguson grand jury decision. Most of them are oversensationalized bullshit with race directly injected so it gets more views/likes/upvotes/whatever.

It's all becoming asinine, and frankly I couldn't care less. Call me a racist, a commander and perpetuator of white privilege - whatever. Fact remains that as these kinds of stories continue to flood the news and social media my empathy gauge is running more than a little dry.

Racist spotted.

 

[Clayton]

Racist spotted.

Hey now, he's just saying that we shouldn't give attention to when a known racist cop kills a non-white dude.

 

[Logan]

So the news shouldn't report on stuff like deaths under questionable circumstances, murder, rape, torture, etc?

Yeah, let's just sweep everything under the rug, that will fix everything. The more these stories come out, the more pressure police departments will have to change.

No, that is not what I'm talking about. If race played a direct factor than yes - people need to know about it and someone should be held accountable.

But just because a cop happens to be white and the alleged criminal happens to be anything other than white does not mean that whatever actions the officer used, lethal or non, were fueled by racism. But what I'm seeing now is that if you're a white police officer you're probably just better off apprehending other white people, because if you apprehend someone of another race there's a damn good chance of it ballooning into some big cross section of American institutional racism.

 

[Sovereign]

No, that is not what I'm talking about. If race played a direct factor than yes - people need to know about it and someone should be held accountable.

But just because a cop happens to be white and the alleged criminal happens to be anything other than white does not mean that whatever actions the officer used, lethal or non, were fueled by racism.

How can you not see a pattern? How many black people need to die before you recognize that there might be a problem with policing in America?

The question was rhetorical, by the way. You're clearly racist, so I'm not expecting you to use logic/empathy.

 

[Clayton]

No, that is not what I'm talking about. If race played a direct factor than yes - people need to know about it and someone should be held accountable.

But just because a cop happens to be white and the alleged criminal happens to be anything other than white does not mean that whatever actions the officer used, lethal or non, were fueled by racism. But what I'm seeing now is that if you're a white police officer you're probably just better off killing other white people, because if you kill someone of another race there's a damn good chance of it ballooning into some big cross section of American institutional racism.

Let's stop sugar coating things and use words that describe what actually happened. If you apprehend someone, it generally means that person is still alive.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

There's also a general misunderstanding of what racism generally means. In 2014, racism generally isn't "I hate _____," it's more insidious than that. It's creeping biases, like assuming a black person is a danger to you - which doesn't automatically mean you hate black people, it means you have a racial bias. Racism is also a systemic issue of injustice and oppression. So I think white people need to stop hearing words like "white privilege" and "racism" and automatically thinking that it means they're being accused of hating black people. Defensive white people are part of the problem, because it blinds them and they make kneejerk reactions.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department is opening a federal civil rights investigation.