No Indictment for Eric Garner Death Sparks Fresh Outrage on Social Media
Following the decision not to prosecute the officer who killed Eric Garner using an illegal choke hold, #ICantBreathe and #CrimingWhileWhite became trending topics.
With protests from grand jury decision in Ferguson still going strong, another grand jury decided not to indict a Staten Island police officer who killed Eric Garner with a fatal choke hold. While the facts could be argued in the Michael Brown case, the events leading to Garner’s death were caught on video.
Garner’s case served to fuel the protests around the country and sparked new outrage on social media. The big question on so many people’s minds: How could the grand jury decide not to indict, when the police officer was clearly in the wrong?
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