Police Brutality has to STOP!!
By : Yakia Edmonds
TODAY WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ERIC GARNER vs. NYPD CASE. ERIC GARNER WAS AN INNOCENT MAN WHO DID NOTHING BUT TRY TO HELP. HE WAS TRYING TO HELP BREAK UP A FIGHT BUT I GUESS POLICE OFFICERS DIDN'T WANT HIM. A FEW YEARS EARLIER MR.GARNER WAS SELLING INDIVIDUAL CIGARETTES, POLICE STOPPED HIM AND GAVE A WARNING. BACK TO NOW. GARNER WAS STANDING ON THE STREET TRYING TO ''ARGUE'' WITH WITH AN OFFICER. OTHER OFFICERS CAME AND WERE LOOKING VERY CONFUSED. 5 MINUTES PASSED AND AN OFFICER CHOCKED HIM. HE BROUGHT MR.GARNER TO THE (WHILE STILL CHOCKING HIM). ERIC GARNER SAID MULTIPLE TIMES ''I CAN'T BREATHE''. THE OFFICER WOULDN'T LET HIM GO. LATER THAT DAY THE HOSPITAL PRONOUCED HIM DEAD.