Showing posts with label Racial tensions in the United States after Ferguson. Show all posts
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Racial tensions in the United States after Ferguson, Staten Island

"How can we trust this judicial system that fails us?"



New York protesters exprie their anger yesterday after the release of a new white police officer who killed the black civil Eric Garner, Staten Island. Hundreds of people gathered in Times Square and Grand Central to denounce the methods of the police and the impunity they believe the officers. US Secretary of Justice proposed to circumvent the release pursuing the civil police.


"How can we trust this judicial system that fails us? Not only me, but many of us. And if we are not careful, it will be you in the future. We need to change things. We are pleased that the federal government intends to resume the investigation, "said the mother of the victim,

Gwen Carr.


Eric Garner suffocated when police gave him a choke wrench in the month of July. A prohibited practice. 42 years old, the father of 6 children had been arrested because he was selling contraband cigarettes in the street. The drama was filmed by a bystander.