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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Sat Aug 16, 2014, 03:02 PM Aug 2014

Black Law Enforcement Groups Blast PBA Stance on Eric Garner Death

Dean Meminger

Several black law enforcement organizations on Friday called out the city's police unions over their handling of the Eric Garner case.

They gathered outside the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association headquarters in Lower Manhattan to blast both them and the sergeants' union for quickly coming to the defense of the officers involved in Garner's arrest.

"And it makes every good cop, no matter what color he is, job even harder when there's no accountability for those officers that cross the line," said Damon Jones of Blacks in Law Enforcement in America.

The organizations said it is wrong to say officers did not use a chokehold when cell phone video shows otherwise.

http://www.ny1.com/content/news/213969/black-law-enforcement-groups-blast-pba-stance-on-eric-garner-death/

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Black Law Enforcement Groups Blast PBA Stance on Eric Garner Death (Original Post) hrmjustin Aug 2014 OP

KnR. nt tblue37 Aug 2014 #1

+ 1000 !!! orpupilofnature57 Aug 2014 #2

I like fat blue lines. Good for them. JimDandy Aug 2014 #3

"... while it doesn't believe the officer wanted to kill Garner, someone must be punished" PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #4

tblue37

(65,483 posts)

1. KnR. nt

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Sat Aug 16, 2014, 03:03 PM

Aug 2014

orpupilofnature57

(15,472 posts)

2. + 1000 !!!

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Sat Aug 16, 2014, 03:06 PM

Aug 2014

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)

3. I like fat blue lines. Good for them.

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Sat Aug 16, 2014, 03:06 PM

Aug 2014

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

4. "... while it doesn't believe the officer wanted to kill Garner, someone must be punished"

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 03:33 PM

Aug 2014

That's why charges like "Criminally negligent homicide" or "Manslaughter in the second degree" exist
and perhaps are the correct route to punishment.

(See: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014861388#post36 )

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