Ferguson / Staten Island Decisions -- No Indictments

It's heartening to see the youth of American put down their X Box controllers and find their voice.

Eric Garner has quickly become this generations Che Guevara. The counter culture revolution is

back. Maybe we'll get a good music sound track this time.

 

I didn't say he was on anything. I said if it was a skinny kid who wasn't on anything. Meaning that a skinny kid who is drunk or on drugs might need four cops to take him down.

Oh, and Garner was arrested 31 previous times. He seemed to survived all those other ones just fine. Did he resist them on any of those previous 31 occasions? If he did, then he should have known better than to resist them again. If he didn't, then why didn't he just let them handcuff him for the 32nd time and he'd be still alive.

Garner was pissed because the cop caught him breaking the law, again, even for a law that, on the surface, seems rather petty. He lets them arrest him and process him, and he's alive today. But no, he has to argue and resist.

He should know after 31 times that he has the right to due process. He was pissed that he was caught doing something illegal and decided to argue. Instead of illegal cigarettes, say he was dealing cocaine. Would you just let him keep dealing coke, or would you arrest him? And if he fights you, do you just shrug your shoulders, or take him down?

Bottom line is, Eric Garner should have known better after 31 arrests than to fight the cops. The only embarrassing thing is that you are defending the actions of a chronic offender. Even if the offense he was getting arrested for seems stupid.

 

Seems like the "Broken Window " policy of policing is broken
and needs to be reevaluated.

It's good every now and then that the police have a few windows broke
to keep them in check.

 

Baron is owning this thread.

 

There were only 28 arrests for marijuana possession in all of NYC in 2013? That doesn't make any sense.

 

Finding yourself agreeing with some of the points made by Baron and OOP make you reconsider your position in a way that is exceeded only by having Mark2010 agree with you on an issue.

 

Yup -- he took over possession from Rick S.

 

Haha. Republican strategists must be reading SportsJournalists.com


Rick Wilson ‏@TheRickWilson 43s

Should we demand body cameras on public school teachers?

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/540873922364071936

 

I hope SportsJournalists.com never goes away.

The cast of characters changes, but I am always entertained.

 

Bringing this chart up again. Stunning numbers really. What a waste of
public resources.

 

How many times did Caleb Hannan get arrested in NYC in 2013? That's the real question.