I didnt read all the comments so I hope that this isnt a repeat. I see both sides. Example, I have watched 1000s videos on the net that show without a doubt cops violating peoples rights and breaking laws that they have no right to break in keeping the peace. Thats right, cops are here to keep the peace by enforcing the law, thats what the SCOUS says. So there are bad cops. However there are good cops too. So heres the problem, the good cops need to expose the bad cops but the blue line comes to play. So the bad cop does something wrong, then the good cop does nothing and gets the same bad name as the bad cop, even though he/she is a good cop. Weed out the bad apples and over time things will change.
I certainly agree that there are good and bad cops and that sometimes bad things occur, and they get covered up.
I don’t believe that happened here in this case. I don’t really want to get into greater societal problems or even did tax regulations cause his death, because they didn’t.
I just want to look solely at the incident of his arrest and death and try and determine if in fact one or all of the officers involved should have been held responsible for his death or not.
My personal belief is that garner is responsible for his death via his actions, and yeah I do feel sorry for him. I wish he hadn’t have done that, and I wish he hadn’t have died. Even though it says heartless by my name, I really do have a heart.
But I also do not want to see someone who is innocent of a crime being charged with a crime that was not committed.
Whoops I think I responded to your post thinking that it was in another thread on the subject of garner. Sorry.