Right on!
“The real culprits responsible for this senseless death are the mayor and his police department for having a policy of arresting people for such a minor trangression.
Why isn’t anyone putting Mayor de Blasio. on the hot seat over his stupid policy of wasting valuable police time on arresting someone for selling a cigarette?
If his street police force wasn’t ordered to spend their time on such an insignificant misdemeanors Eric Garner would still be alive.
How many policemen were involved in taking down this one man for a crime less serious than Jay Walking?”
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/12/03/actual-facts-Eric-Garner
The Arrest. It is vital to separate out the actions of the police from the rationale for their action. That’s because by virtually any logic, it is the height of irresponsibility and depravity for a man to end up dead for selling loose cigarettes.
The law that led to this confrontation was pressed forward by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Garner had been arrested some eight times for selling “loosies.”
As Lawrence McQuillan reported in The Washington Times:
In January 2014, tough new penalties for selling untaxed cigarettes took effect in New York City. In July, emboldened by the new law, the city’s highest-ranking uniformed cop, Philip Banks, issued an order to crack down on loosie sales days before Garner died.
So in terms of police cracking down on Garner, the real responsibility lies with Bloomberg and NYPD Chief Bill Bratton. Idiot laws lead to meaningless deaths.
So in terms of police cracking down on Garner, the real responsibility lies with Bloomberg and NYPD Chief Bill Bratton. Idiot laws lead to meaningless deaths.
Good post. Thanks for the detail pertaining to my original comments.
So it all comes back to liberal mayors (democrat or RINO) chasing after tax money.
I wonder how much NY City invests in policing the sale of "Loosies" as compared to the actual lost tax revenue.
I imagine the City is spending many, many thousands chasing a relatively low value misdemeanor.
Meanwhile, across the street and down on the corner there are probably a dozen guys carrying illegal pistols while they openly peddle dope and crack.
Bratton is the NYPD Commissioner appointed by the Sandinista Mayor. Bloomberg had nothing to do with Bratton.
William Joseph “Bill” Bratton CBE (born October 6, 1947) is an American law enforcement officer and the current New York City Police Commissioner, the second time he has held that position. He has previously served as the Commissioner of the Boston Police Department (BPD) (1993-1994), New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner (1994–1996), and Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) (2002–2009).