Ed Krayewski on Bill de Blasio, Progressive Hero, Scourge of the Poor

In the last
few weeks, a series of videos purporting to depict police brutality
by the members of the New York Police Department (NYPD) have spread
on the Internet. The most egregious showed the attempted arrest
of Eric Garner for allegedly selling untaxed loose
cigarettes. Cops placed Garner in what looked like a chokehold
(cops call it a neck restraint) and the 400-pound asthmatic died in
police custody. In another case, a cop appeared to use a chokehold
on a pregnant woman caught  grilling in front of her
house. Another showed a cop appearing to head stomp a man
police were attempting to arrest because they had seen him with a
small amount of marijuana—it was at least the man’s eighth arrest.
The substance of these incidents vary on the level and type of
brutality while effecting an arrest but share one important trait:
each incident began with a police engagement based on crimes that
are non-violent in nature and disproportionately affect poor and
marginalized people.

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