It only takes a few minutes on Twitter to find dozens and dozens of posts from those who feel that race played a crucial role in the confrontation between officers of the NYPD and Eric Garner, but his daughter Erica isn’t one of them. Check out these excerpts from her recent interview with CNN’s Don Lemon:
https://twitter.com/i88schwartz/status/540879514897633281
Daughter of Eric Garner: "This is not a black and white issue." pic.twitter.com/e0Tpg8d8Eg
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) December 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/TruthRevoltOrg/status/540924144607457280
Can these Tweeters be taking her words out of context? Let’s go to the transcript, via the link in the Truth Revolt tweet above, and find out:
Lemon: You said this is not a black and white issue. But do you, in that do you say … this is not an issue of race. I’m sure; you think it is a racial issue?
Garner: I really doubt it. It was about the officer’s pride. It was about my father being 6’4″ and 350 pounds. And he wanted to be, you know, the top cop that brings this big man down. Because he’s just big. I mean, my father wasn’t even doing anything. I mean, you know, he wasn’t really doing nothing. He didn’t have no gun. He didn’t run. He didn’t smack him.
Lemon: A lot of people will be surprised because, you know, this is being made out to be a racial issue. And you’re saying this isn’t about race.
Garner: Being that my father was black and the officer was white. That’s different races. But as far as the situation, (sigh) I can’t really say. It’s like really — a black and white issue. It is about, you know the police officers. And abusing their power.
So, when do we get corrections from the dozens and dozens of Twerps who are playing the race card?
Rosie O'Donnell Links Garner Case to America's 'Systemic Racism' http://t.co/hzWbeVTHDm
— MediaResearchCenter (@theMRC) December 4, 2014
“There is no such thing as ‘racial profiling’—there is simply racism.” –@jelani9 http://t.co/odFjmDOPV6
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) December 4, 2014
"We need far more than a conversation" to fix racism in US police forces http://t.co/72QjFDghUV via @VinceWarren
— Guardian US (@GuardianUS) December 4, 2014
Megyn Kelly Battles Civil Rights Head: No Evidence #EricGarner Case About Racism! http://t.co/zb2sfBTa58 (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/Dx3FZlT6ew
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) December 5, 2014
See, News producers? Eric Garner case shows there's still plenty of real racism. You don't have to manufacture it as you did in Ferguson.
— Philip Schuyler (@FiveRights) December 5, 2014
No charges for #NYPD officer who killed #EricGarner, #bodycameras won't fix institutional racism http://t.co/3GWs5p6kd8 #CitizenRadio
— Citizen Radio (@CitizenRadio) December 5, 2014
Eric Garner's asthma correlated with racism: minorities breathe worse air than whites. http://t.co/rRzW18bmyJ
— The Morning News (@TheMorningNews) December 5, 2014
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