December 8, 2014
By Zach Harper
...Two days (click here) after Chicago Bulls' star Derrick Rose wore an "I Can't Breathe" t-shirt in warm-ups as recognition of the protest of the death of a Staten Island man Eric Garner, Cleveland Cavaliers' stars LeBron James and Kyrie Irving decided to wear a similar shirt during Monday night's warm-ups in Brooklyn before they faced the Nets. Many members of the Brooklyn Nets, including Kevin Garnett and Jarrett Jack were also donning the shirts....
The right to kill does not belong to police and to date there has been dearly few willing to stop it. The country really has created a monster in militarizing police and allowing police to be judge and jury to every offense, even the theft of $12 of cigarillos. In the case of Mr. Garner the sale of a single cigarette. These are not capital crimes, yet our unarmed African American men, especially the young, are dying for their freedom. It is outrageous and I would encourage more celebrities and stars of the NBA and NFL to express their opposition to a legal authority gone very, very wrong.
The police escalate the confrontation. It is plainly obvious. Police are prepared with guns to carry out death to a minor violations in the law. That is not skill in policing. The idea every person is a dangerous entity is all to evident. It is the police officers that cause the death by their very demeanor. They give a person no option but to defend their person. These are unarmed citizens. There have been confrontations with patrol officers on the roads of the USA with children in the back seat. There is no respect for the very legal definition of habeas corpus. Due process is circumvented for strong arm tactics that end in death of a citizen. It is outrageous.
