What Do Cops Have To Say About The Eric Garner Decision?
The grand jury’s decision not the indict the office who put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold has pushed the city of New York to edge in terms of police and citizen relations, especially the relationship between police and African-American New Yorkers. It’s hard to know just who agrees with how the situation turned out, but a peek into online forums where cops are speaking out about their own opinions of the Garner case offers some perspective on what some law enforcement thinks about the decision, reported Vice News.
Thee Rant, a website where officers of the law must verify their status in order to post, features many of these opinions. You can decide for yourself what you think they reveal about the climate between police and citizens in the United States.
Da job sucks: “Good bless the jurors for having common sense and not being bullied by Sharpton, Obama, holder and the rest of the racists”
WasInTheBag: “I was afraid this was going to be payback for Ferguson. Thankfully that wasn’t the case.”
ProjectKid?: “Thank the good Lord it happened in the Isle of Staten where there are still some working class white folks. The same situation in the bogey down would be an indictment for Murder. That’s what “justice” has become. It all depends on where it happens.”
HAPD: “Hands up-fo chicken wings-hands up fo Obamaphones-hands up fo free cheeze. Good intelligent work on behalf of the majority of this Grand Jury. I’ll be willing to wager that they can actually speak English and think and write in it also. ?As for Alwhore Sharpton Inc.-go stick yer head up a blow dryer you skull headed leech.”
EddieR: “F*** Black America, their equal or worse than whites, when speaking of Racism… F*** Diversity, it’s not working and never will work, Water and Oil don’t Mix, no matter how much you try it always separates itself, Diversity only accomplishes one thing, Lazy, Dumb idiots who don’t care about any Position they attain, You Listening Mr. President?”
Another website, Another One, also feature purported police debate, although here users do not have to verify their status as law enforcement.
DPSCanton: “What officers SHOULD do is nothing. This may sound horrible, but as we all have been shown, this is the truth. Most officers don’t live in the neighborhood they patrol in, so if the citizens don’t care about the neighborhod [sic], why should the police? Answer calls, take reports, TAKE YOUR PAYCHECK and go home. Don’t be proactive, let the neighborhood destroy itself. It’s not worth our lives or our career [sic.] If people want to live among criminals, thats [sic] their choice. I hope all the businesses that burned in Ferguson relocate and do not open shop in that town again. Police can’t service people who cant [sic] serve and take care of themselves, their neighborhoods, so don’t even try.”
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