"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
realinterrobang
for
quoting it earlier)