Saturday 6 December 2014

Eric Garner. When should a hero of society step up and what are their rights.

I think most people who watch the manslaughter of Eric Garner on this video and presented with an interesting problem.



Those people conducting an arrest are police doing a tough job.

The late Eric Garner is arguing his case and I personally can accept that they are going to have to arrest him physically, if only because a law that should not exist does.

As soon as they decide to physically arrest, the opening move was clearly a dangerous assault. Far worse than the crime of selling individual cigarettes. But they are police. They have a tough job and no-one is perfect.

With Eric on the floor, complaining he can not breath, it is clear to me that the policeman with the choke hold is no longer required to restrain, and he is endangering Eric Garners life.

I always try to do what I believe is right. That fallible human killing Garner, who happens to be a police officer is making a bad decision or has stopped thinking.

In this instance I would feel it is my duty to step up and restrain the human doing wrong.

I like to think I would, and can only hope I am never to witness something like this, because if I do, if I conduct a citizens arrest on a police officer I have little doubt that my family will face loosing quality time with a good man loves them.

Its a massive sacrifice, but one I would have to make to be the good person I am proud to be.

It is important to remember here that an indictment is simply allowing a case to go to a trial by jury.

We are in an interesting times. With politicians lying, selling state assets to companies they are involved win and hoarding the ownership of others necessities in complicated schemes that allows those credits to pass from generation to generation, regardless of merit.

There's a storm brewing.

Please think carefully before you vote.

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