On June 14th 2015, New York Times wrote an article Beyond the Chokehold: The Path to Eric Garner’s Death. This article explained the aftermath of his death a year ago. When I first watched the horrific events on my television, I knew it showed an occurrence that I will not forget. Watching the man getting chokehold to death disgusted me. It made me think about how policemen can even possibly think about performing such actions. The victim was supposedly accused of selling untaxed cigarettes, but witnesses said otherwise. After he went unconscious from the chokehold, he eventually died from a broken neck. The tragic part is that the police report came out as something different. Even though it was apparent from the video capture that Eric Garner died from the chokehold, police officers stated that he was faking it or it was a cardiac arrest.
I have never viewed police officers as the villains especially those around my own community. It really shows the reality of this world and that police officers are human as well. We all contain our own kind of flaws where none of us are perfect. As for Officer Damico and Pantaleo, who eventually killed Eric, they did not think about the ramification of performing such an act. One plausible cause for their actions may be that Eric Garner is …show more content…
Throughout the past years, police brutality incidents have recently been reoccurring themes in news headlines. For example, there were the shooting of Michael Brown and Walter Scott as there were many more unfortunate occurrences. I do not understand why these events still occur which explains for the creation of the Black Lives Matters movement. However, protests are not always the correct way to resolve violence. There has to be a compromise where there is an equal stance between police officers and citizens. Making this occur will be difficult and will depend on every single
I have never viewed police officers as the villains especially those around my own community. It really shows the reality of this world and that police officers are human as well. We all contain our own kind of flaws where none of us are perfect. As for Officer Damico and Pantaleo, who eventually killed Eric, they did not think about the ramification of performing such an act. One plausible cause for their actions may be that Eric Garner is …show more content…
Throughout the past years, police brutality incidents have recently been reoccurring themes in news headlines. For example, there were the shooting of Michael Brown and Walter Scott as there were many more unfortunate occurrences. I do not understand why these events still occur which explains for the creation of the Black Lives Matters movement. However, protests are not always the correct way to resolve violence. There has to be a compromise where there is an equal stance between police officers and citizens. Making this occur will be difficult and will depend on every single