Cops should not be required to enforce tax laws. In this case, the police were given no options - they were charged with arresting an individual who was appealing to the public by eliminating excessive taxes for a legal product.
Garner and the cops are victims of an abusive regulation.
That's part of the reason that the outrage in NYC is understandable. It wasn't just a police response; there were a lot of police there for a situation where no violence was involved. They weren't defending any victim; they were defending an unjust tax. That's gestapo.
Cleveland....the older-looking kid was aiming a real looking non lethal weapon at people. Police on edge because of seven murders in two incidences on the east side the day before, police trainee who obviously wasn't vetted riding shotgun. It's a "perfect storm" situation.
What's my point? The protest movement took up the wrong case in Ferguson. In NYC they have a real one, so are they going to drop Ferguson or let it taint the one that seems valid?
RE: Cops should not be required to enforce tax laws.
NY Cops are not even enforcing immigration laws...
I know a cop who tells me that every cop knows where the illegals are congregating. He tells me It’s not their job to enforce Federal laws.
As long as these folks are not committing a crime, they can live and work in NY illegally for as long as they wish.