eftychia: Me in kilt and poofy shirt, facing away, playing acoustic guitar behind head (Default)
posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2014-12-30

"I've mentioned this before, but I think I'll have to put this down every time I read about 'loose cigarettes'. Garner was murdered by cops after they were called to the scene because of a different disturbance -- Garner, by all accounts had just broken up the fight. The cops knew Garner because of PREVIOUS times he was selling loose cigarettes, but since there was a complaint of a disturbance, the police focused on the guy they already knew, despite the fact that the crowd surrounding the cops were telling them he had just broken up a fight." -- Jay B., circa 2014-12-23, commenting at Alicublog, on the "Garner had it coming because he was breaking the law" meme. (Thanks to [info] realinterrobang for quoting it earlier)

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