Exactly. The cigarettes weren't untaxed. When Garner bought them, he paid substantial taxes on them. (Reply #17)

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Thu Dec 4, 2014, 01:00 PM

Kahuna (27,187 posts)

17. Exactly. The cigarettes weren't untaxed. When Garner bought them, he paid substantial taxes on them.

What was he supposed to do, collect taxes on loosies? It's amazing how the media serves as stenographers and repeat any meme they put forth without question.v

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Just to be clear, Garner was not killed due to taxation, he was killed because he was black [View all]	La Lioness Priyanka	Dec 2014	OP
Agreed. These anti-tax memes are directly from Rand Paul. A lot of closet libertarians are outing	FSogol	Dec 2014	#1
Rand Paul was peddling this dung last night...	DonViejo	Dec 2014	#10
Yup and his low-wattage-brained minions are promoting it on DU today. n/t	FSogol	Dec 2014	#11
"I blame politicians for police using banned choke-holds to kill people"	arcane1	Dec 2014	#22
It's a way for right-wingers to obfuscate, and draw attention away from the	bullwinkle428	Dec 2014	#2
It's a twofer ...	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#13
And since he's republican, the "solution" to racist police violence is... a tax cut!	arcane1	Dec 2014	#23
Is there a physical movement he could have done that would have signaled surrender to	NoJusticeNoPeace	Dec 2014	#26
Other than contracting a severe case of vitiligo ...	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#35
Now THAT is funny...not really given the context but that is funny, Chris Rock could	NoJusticeNoPeace	Dec 2014	#38
I am not sure what specific posts you are talking about, but most of the posts that I have read that	still_one	Dec 2014	#3
It is part of talking about the case	yeoman6987	Dec 2014	#4
BRAVA!	marym625	Dec 2014	#5
That's why right-wingers care about this case.	Ykcutnek	Dec 2014	#6
Do they understand that the taxes part was just an excuse?	djean111	Dec 2014	#9
The anti tax memes are serving as a distraction	etherealtruth	Dec 2014	#7
Agree...knr	joeybee12	Dec 2014	#8
The anti-tax trope began yesterday after Rand Paul spoke of it. The tropes on DU began shortly after	LanternWaste	Dec 2014	#12
Wingnuts are changing their tune	nichomachus	Dec 2014	#14
Perhaps some of those cops	RoccoR5955	Dec 2014	#16
kicked	Blue_Tires	Dec 2014	#15
Exactly. The cigarettes weren't untaxed. When Garner bought them, he paid substantial taxes on them.	Kahuna	Dec 2014	#17
Did he buy them in New York?	subterranean	Dec 2014	#21
I read somewhere that he was buying them in Virginia, where the tax is lower.	arcane1	Dec 2014	#25
people don't like the discomfort of dehumanization	Quayblue	Dec 2014	#18
Agreed! He was killed because he was black, and Mr. Garner	KMOD	Dec 2014	#19
Damn Skippy!	MrScorpio	Dec 2014	#20
All the idiots spouting that BS should be assumed to be Freeper trolls.	Odin2005	Dec 2014	#24
He was killed because roided up cops were looking for a victim	Man from Pickens	Dec 2014	#27
no, it's because he was black.	La Lioness Priyanka	Dec 2014	#28
No it wasn't	Man from Pickens	Dec 2014	#31
You'll of course, supply us with objective, peer-reviewed sources to validate your allegation, yes?	LanternWaste	Dec 2014	#34
Yeah sure	Man from Pickens	Dec 2014	#37
Compared to the racial make of the population,	morningfog	Dec 2014	#40
I'm not disputing that	Man from Pickens	Dec 2014	#42
You must be white.	morningfog	Dec 2014	#45
What's with the burning desire to prevent a solution here?	Man from Pickens	Dec 2014	#46
If you can't join the reality that this is a race problem, that is your problem.	morningfog	Dec 2014	#49
Maybe they can "murder anyone," but it's easier to get away with when the victim is black.	nomorenomore08	Dec 2014	#43
True	Man from Pickens	Dec 2014	#47
If people realize they have a common interest RE: working against injustice, then they're	nomorenomore08	Dec 2014	#48
RW Radio	RandiFan1290	Dec 2014	#29
Taxes were just the excuse the cops used.	stage left	Dec 2014	#30
Well.....I honestly can't say for sure whether or not.....	AverageJoe90	Dec 2014	#32
I can't guarantee, but I can say with some degree of certainty, that a white Eric Garner would still	nomorenomore08	Dec 2014	#44
Agreed.	Tommy_Carcetti	Dec 2014	#33
No ...	1StrongBlackMan	Dec 2014	#39
Agreed. I can't take seriously anyone who advances that idiotic cigarettes taxation meme.	stevenleser	Dec 2014	#36
PREACH!	JaneyVee	Dec 2014	#41

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