He was clearly a black man trying to breathe near the police.

12/3/2014 3:31:47 PM

The republicans on Fox News think he deserved death for selling untaxed cigs, even though republicans hate taxes.

12/3/2014 3:34:44 PM

or theyre just racist

12/3/2014 3:52:17 PM

To be fair, all he had to do was answer when they asked "Why are you choking yourself?"

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

12/3/2014 3:53:29 PM

dead guy: I CANT BREATHE

cops: STOP RESISTING


GOD FORBID HE STRUGGLE TO BREATHE

12/3/2014 9:10:44 PM

Quote :

"Just hours after Rep. Michael Grimm announced his resignation from Congress effective January 5, the race to replace him has already gotten off the ground ... Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, most famous for his role in failing to produce an indictment of New York police officers over the killing of unarmed cigarette peddler Eric Garner, has quickly and aggressively expressed interest in the race"

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/da-eric-garner-case-looking-replace-rep-michael-grimm-n276936

Sadly comical how this all works.

1/7/2015 1:09:53 AM

It is tough to think about this case without getting emotional.

It makes you want to cry.

We need reform in this country, but it needs to be done in the proper manner and without destroying the foundations of cooperation and living as an advanced people of law and order. Orchestrated protests and people attempting to profit off this are more evil than the underlying evil that caused this.

1/7/2015 1:16:13 AM

Protests are evil. Okay.

1/7/2015 8:31:23 AM

this is the #HandsUpDontShoot guy, right?

1/7/2015 4:25:00 PM

police shootings are the new school shootings.

maybe school shootings will peter out now..it's been awhile since the last one

oh wait, they've just stopped reporting them...there've been 3 in the last two months in fact

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States#2010s

Quote :

" November 20, 2014 Tallahassee, Florida 1 3 Florida State University shooting. On November 20, 2014, at around 12:39 a.m. EST, a gunman opened fired in or near the Strozier Library at Florida State University. Three people suffered gunshot injuries and were taken to a local area hospital. One was in critical condition, another was in good condition, and the third was shortly released after treatment. The gunman, later identified as Myron May, an alumnus from the school, started firing towards responding police officers and was fatally shot by them on the steps of the library.[515][516][517][518] December 5, 2014 Claremore, Oklahoma 1 0 On December 5, 2014, 38-year-old Thomas Floyd Fees, a former Tulsa police officer, fired two gunshots the campus of Rogers State University before committing suicide. He had previously been arrested the day before for entering a female student's dormitory room with observable intent to commit a sexual assault.[519] December 12, 2014 Portland, Oregon 0 3 Rosemary Anderson High School shooting. On December 12, 2014, an unknown gunman shot three students and a man outside Rosemary Anderson High School in north Portland. A 16-year-old girl was in critical condition, while the others suffered minor injuries. An 18 year-old man was arrested in connection with the shooting.[520]"

1/7/2015 4:31:24 PM

the FSU shooting was discussed. there was a thread about it and I think one of the users here had a friend that was shot in the backpack but was saved by some textbooks.

1/7/2015 4:57:59 PM

alas, I missed that thread. these days I get my news from "Trending" on Facebook. it was probably there, too, though.

1/7/2015 5:16:20 PM

I thought the general consensus is that stopping media coverage of school shootings is a good thing

1/7/2015 6:00:02 PM

oh, it totally is, yeah. I was just subconsciously under the impression that they'd kinda stopped, and was surprised to discover that that that wasn't the case.

1/7/2015 6:04:10 PM

that

that

that

1/7/2015 11:12:50 PM

so let's stop beating around the bush and get down to it



Why are white people racist gun lovers who dress up as cowboys?
Discuss

1/7/2015 11:51:24 PM

I couldn't find the original thread.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-york-agrees-to-pay-family-of-eric-garner-59-million-2015-07-14

So what yall think about this?

Everybody wins. The dude is not charge, hefty sum of money for the family...

I think I don't even worth a fraction of that after death

[Edited on July 14, 2015 at 10:12 AM. Reason : .]

[Edited on July 14, 2015 at 10:13 AM. Reason : f]

7/14/2015 10:11:55 AM

Harder to find, as it wasnt its own thread.../message_topic.aspx?topic=639433&page=3

7/14/2015 10:36:37 AM

Guy is selling loosies. Cops try to arrest him. Kill him. tax payers are out 5.9 million.

The nypd blows.

7/14/2015 5:04:55 PM

The original link made me think they were paying out 59 million...I figured they were trying to murder his whole extended family with massive sums of money.

7/14/2015 5:26:58 PM

I bet it takes them a decade to bring in 6 million in cigarette taxes

7/14/2015 9:10:28 PM

At 1.50 a pack in a city of over 8million, I'd take that bet. The city probably makes 6mill a week.

[Edited on July 14, 2015 at 9:29 PM. Reason : ]

7/14/2015 9:26:36 PM

This is comical it weren't so tragic. Killing a guy for selling loosies then paid out 5.9 millions. Food for thought, what is the current U.S. soldier death benefit?

7/14/2015 9:30:15 PM

^$400,000 when I was in.

7/14/2015 9:33:48 PM

Sounds like you were in the wrong business

7/14/2015 9:34:36 PM

Sadly, the family is now probably content.

7/14/2015 9:35:13 PM

Eric Garner’s Family: Settlement With New York City ‘Is Not a Victory’


http://www.wsj.com/articles/eric-garners-family-settlement-with-new-york-city-is-not-a-victory-1436893113

7/14/2015 10:07:45 PM

Fortunately, there are still a few investigations going on

7/14/2015 10:15:57 PM

Quote :

"Food for stupidity, what is the current U.S. soldier death benefit?"

ftfy

7/14/2015 10:25:58 PM

Being black in America = Combat zone.



We should get hazard pay

7/14/2015 10:30:26 PM

maybe these cops should focus on corner stores selling entire packs of cigarettes smuggled from Virginia that fund possible threats.

Oh wait they just gave away their budget.

7/14/2015 11:04:44 PM

^ or create 'Black Insurance policy'.

7/14/2015 11:09:10 PM

^ no insurance company would take those odds.

7/14/2015 11:11:51 PM

Do like the ACA and mandate they take anyone

7/14/2015 11:22:20 PM

If we didn't have a government to manage that aspect of society, I could see something like "racism insurance" cropping up in a libertarian fantasy land, where private mercenaries go around "investigating" racism and shaking down business that increase their liability for their minority clients.

7/14/2015 11:38:23 PM

Quote :

"The city spent $732 million on judgments and claims in fiscal 2014, an increase of $208 million from fiscal 2013. Last year, Mr. Stringer’s office reached an agreement with David Ranta, who was wrongfully convicted of murder and imprisoned for more than 22 years. Mr. Ranta had sought $150 million; he agreed to accept $6.4 million. Mr. Stringer also settled with the family of Jerome Murdough, a homeless veteran who died in an overheated cell at Rikers Island. His family had sought $25 million; the settlement amount was $2.25 million. In 2014, the city opted to settle a lawsuit by five men who had their conviction of a 1989 beating and rape of a female jogger in Central Park thrown out. The city agreed to pay $41 million, an about-face from the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The Bloomberg administration had spent 10 years fighting the lawsuit."

So they will pay out millions of dollars, but will not fire any govt employees for the conduct that led to being sued....

7/14/2015 11:40:12 PM

Why would they? It's not like any of it actually came out of their pockets.

There's no impetus for change when there is no direct impact to the police or politicians. Until we start eliminating some of the protections like qualified immunity that cops and prosecutors have and start allowing them to be sued directly this behavior will not change.

7/15/2015 12:01:45 AM

NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in Eric Garner's chokehold death should be fired, judge recommends
Now it is up to the city's police commissioner whether the officer will keep his job.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nyc-judge-says-officer-daniel-pantaleo-eric-garner-s-death-n1038136

8/2/2019 1:34:06 PM

It's all just so damn sad

8/2/2019 3:11:50 PM