yup, Martin and Brown both got themselves shot while thuggishly attacking an armed man. Assault a guy with a gun, you might get yourself shot. In Brown’s case he was assaulting a police officer, shortly after he had assaulted and robbed a convenience store clerk. Martin and Brown were criminals who brought about their own demise, so ofc the DemocRATs want to make them heroes.
Garner was also a criminal, although of a rather petty sort. He died in NYC of a heart attack (he was way overweight and in terrible health) while resisting police arrest. He was probably about to die anyway, given the bad condition of his heart, but if he had not resisted arrest he might have lasted longer.
None of these guys deserves in ANY way to be made the subject of adulation at a political convention, but ofc the Demagogues are scurrilous race baiting monsters.
Garner was not in the same class of criminal. He was not physically attacking anyone including the LEOs at the time of his death. He was selling cigs, not being violent towards anyone. Big difference.
Garner’s death was very unfortunate, where I honestly believe the cops overreacted and yes, Garner should have simply gone to jail. It could have been very different if the cops had used some common sense police discretion skills. This is the kind of situation, this, “obey or else” attitude that’s pissing off a lot of folks. In addition, they should have known, anyone that obese could die if 4 or 5 adults suddenly jumped on and choked this guy. It could have been handled much better with some common sense discretion. This lack of common sense discretion led to a lot of grief, not only for his family, and the cops/city and the entire country who was watching.
It was a minor infraction which should have never been allowed to escalate into what it did.
Brown and Martin are a whole different story. Not even in the same league as Garner. Sh*t happens, and unfortunately Garner was one of those times when it did.