Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Just to be clear, Garner was not killed due to taxation, he was killed because he was black [View all]Man from Pickens
(1,713 posts)31. No it wasn't
Plenty of other black people on that street who didn't get murdered by cops.
It may surprise you to learn that of the entire set of people murdered by cops in this country, most were white.
Focusing on his race distracts from the real problem which is that cops can murder anyone and get away with it. It's as if the real problem you have here is that the cops were white and not that they are murderers.
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
49 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
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
It's a way for right-wingers to obfuscate, and draw attention away from the
bullwinkle428
Dec 2014
#2
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
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
The anti-tax trope began yesterday after Rand Paul spoke of it. The tropes on DU began shortly after
LanternWaste
Dec 2014
#12
Exactly. The cigarettes weren't untaxed. When Garner bought them, he paid substantial taxes on them.
Kahuna
Dec 2014
#17
You'll of course, supply us with objective, peer-reviewed sources to validate your allegation, yes?
LanternWaste
Dec 2014
#34
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
If people realize they have a common interest RE: working against injustice, then they're
nomorenomore08
Dec 2014
#48
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. I can't take seriously anyone who advances that idiotic cigarettes taxation meme.
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#36