Depth of Field: The Hollow Poetry of the Eric Garner Decision
WiredIs America morally asphyxiating? Over the weekend, President Trump urged four progressive members of Congress—US Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, all of whom are women of color—to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." "I know racism when I see it," veteran legislator and civil rights activist John Lewis said on the House floor in an impassioned speech, rebuking Trump's comments along with other Democrats. That same day, in New York, the US Justice Department announced that it would not bring federal charges against NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in the 2014 death of Eric Garner. In fact, as reported by The New York Times, not one "of the New York officers involved in Mr. Garner's death has been charged with a crime or disciplined by the Police Department."
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