[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by shcisamax

Hmmmn. My opinion is Ferguson was justified. I think Eric Garner was not. He was selling cigarettes. Not what I would call a violent crime. He has been arrested 30 times for cigarettes. Ridiculous. Do you have anything else that might be more pressing in the world of crime besides arresting someone for selling cigarettes? Are you kidding me? Did you really need to have five guys tackling him and, I don't care how many times you deny it, it was a choke hold. As for the 12 year old boy in Cleveland, sheesh, he should still be alive today without a doubt.

As far as the way police handle themselves, I no longer feel I trust them because I personally know too many stories of heavy handedness and excessive force.

As for the protests, I can't stand what happened in Ferguson. What a disgrace. The protests in NYC, at least what I have seen, were respectful and peaceful and I am all for that.

One of my neighbors recently mentioned that there have been lots of returning vets with PTSD enlisting in police force. If that is true, that may explain the barrage of overly forceful behavior. But police are not as I remember them growing up for sure.

Actually Garner had committed various crimes, including assault.

He did not die at the scene from asphyxiation but later, possibly from cardiac arrest.