[quote=ltsdd][quote=CA renter]
And I also believe that race is not the issue in either of these cases. IMO, if you changed their race to white, but kept all other variables (size, behavior, etc.) the same, these cases would have ended the same way. [/quote]
Pure speculation. Maybe if Eric Garner was white, the police would have patted him on the back for a job well done of helping breaking up a fight instead of killing him for selling loose cigarettes.
Either way, it’s pure speculation. Believing that this was because he was black is 100% speculative (and, IMO, total nonsense). There’s no reason to believe they would have treated a white person any differently under the same circumstances.
Again, I think these cops were in the wrong. Just saying that race probably wasn’t the issue here.
And if the cops were really harassing his family after this incident (specifically for the purpose of shutting them up or bullying them because of the incident), they need to lose their jobs, IMO.
