Below excerpt is from
www.npr.org...what-we-see-in-the-eric-garner-video-and-what-we-dont
The rough grooves of the Eric Garner story probably feel familiar to lots of folks by now: an unarmed black man dies after an encounter with the police, agitating old tensions between residents and the officers who patrol their neighborhoods.
The Garner case is already rippling out into broader political conversations, like the value of the "broken windows" strategy which targets low-level offenses that have made arrests climb in the city even as crime is near record lows. (Garner was initially approached by the police because he was suspected of selling untaxed cigarettes on the street.)
video:
www.theguardian.com...i-cant-breathe-eric-garner-chokehold-death-video
read more:
Safer Era Tests Wisdom of ‘Broken Windows’ Focus on Minor Crime
Eric Garner and the NYPD's History of Deadly Chokeholds
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