Best-selling author Brad Thor tweeted out these thoughts on what he considers the “biggest thing” Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. and Eric Garner in NYC “had in common”:
https://twitter.com/BradThor/status/540884046637985792
Thor continued:
https://twitter.com/BradThor/status/540884731903369218
https://twitter.com/BradThor/status/540885348830941184
https://twitter.com/BradThor/status/540885691333623809
https://twitter.com/BradThor/status/540891958244548608
Well, some of Thor’s readers were none too happy with his analysis. Check it out:
https://twitter.com/apsowitanz/status/540885002251411456
@BradThor except white people have the luxury of staying alive.
— Cathy Big Arse (@cheekybabbins) December 5, 2014
@BradThor Pointless as it may be to tell you so; your views are racist and ignore the largerissues surrounding #EricGarner + #MikeBrown
— Dominique (@Dom_Loves_Life) December 5, 2014
@BradThor No it was simply because he was black. How many white men endure this? Arrested for selling lose cigarettes, REALLY?
— Lovina Box (@lovinabox) December 5, 2014
Yes, selling “loose cigarettes” does seem to be a small crime, but that’s not the cop-on-the-beat’s fault. If you want to assign blame for enforcement of the law, go higher up the NYPD’s chain of command. Go all the way to the tippy-top…
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From the New York Daily News:
Chief of Department Philip Banks — the highest-ranking uniformed cop in the city — sent a sergeant from his office at 1 Police Plaza in July to investigate complaints of untaxed cigarettes being sold in the Tompkinsville neighborhood, a source close to the investigation told The News.
“(Banks) set the whole thing in motion,” the source said.
The sale of loosies had been on Banks’ radar since at least March, when it was discussed at a meeting at Police Headquarters about quality-of-life issues, a police source said.
Banks, FWIW, is black. Are we to believe that Banks ordered the racist crackdown on loose cigarette sales?
More anger at Thor:
https://twitter.com/Cornelia_LO/status/540895326354542592
https://twitter.com/Cornelia_LO/status/540895865809170432
The slavery card? For real? And here’s Thor’s perfect response:
https://twitter.com/BradThor/status/540897243885486080
Now, we should be having a debate on the use of force by cops. We should be having a debate on the types of laws we ask our cops to enforce and the consequences of those laws. But the idea that “obeying” a police officer is akin to “slavery” is crazy.
Some thoughts from Thor’s readers:
@BradThor Brad, we can't make it up if we tried. Liberalism is a mental disorder.
— Amy LaViolette (@AmyLaVs) December 5, 2014
@BradThor there can always be an excuse for disobeying..you just got to look hard.
— marciacrocker (@MarciaCrocker01) December 5, 2014
@BradThor how is it you repeatedly attract these far-out commenters? Have read a # of crazy conversations on ur feed #magnet or #target ?
— Barb (@Keeper_Sis) December 5, 2014
“Magnets.” Ha ha ha ha!
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