Cops Who Murdered Eric Garner Are Walking Free—Man Who Videoed the Murder Facing 4 Years in Prison
July 11, 2016 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
The police murder of Eric Garner
Two years ago—July 17, 2014—a pack of vicious pigs attacked Eric Garner, a 43-year-old unarmed Black man with six kids, on a sidewalk in Staten Island, New York City. Garner told the pigs to leave him alone—“It stops today.” He was tired of the constant harassment for nothing but selling loose cigarettes—really, for being a Black man in AmeriKKKa. As captured on video, and seen by millions of people around the world, Daniel Pantaleo, a plainclothes cop, put Garner in a chokehold, pushing his face into the ground. Four more pigs piled on Garner, who repeated “I can’t breathe” 11 times while lying face down on the sidewalk. Eric Garner lost consciousness and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Who is the ONLY person at this scene of this outrageous murder who is going to serve prison time? The bystander who took the video that caught the pigs red-handed carrying out this heinous crime!
In December 2014, the Staten Island district attorney led a grand jury to exonerate Pantaleo and other pigs for the murder of Eric Garner. These pig murderers walked free—like the pigs who killed Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Rekia Boyd, and so many, many others.
Ramsey Orta, the man who took and released the video of the police murder of Eric Garner, was repeatedly targeted by the police for harassment and arrests. On July 6, 2016, Orta took a plea deal on weapons and drug charges and is due to be sent to prison for four years.
Indict, Convict, Send the Killer Cops to Jail!
The Whole Damn System Is Guilty as Hell!
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