As Twitchy reported, a Staten Island grand jury has decided not to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner. Pantaleo is white; Garner is black. And that’s all the evidence Media Matters “research fellow” Oliver Willis needs of a systemic war on black people.
https://twitter.com/JayCaruso/status/540226221867814912
Here’s what Willis said:
open season. dont be black, i guess. http://t.co/rexUjrP3ZG
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) December 3, 2014
Ugh.
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/540226485261312000
The fuck is that? RT @JayCaruso: While you won't get killed over it, please don't be stupid like this: https://t.co/bFNk0h6w9Q
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) December 3, 2014
So @owillis thinks it's a "mild statement" to suggest the U.S. justice system sponsors the hunting and killing of black people as a sport.
— Mike Reinhold (@effinziti) December 3, 2014
@owillis you're disgusting.
— SPOONS (@JeffyIsFat) December 3, 2014
Indeed. What happened to Garner is horrible. But assertions like Willis’, that it’s “open season” on blacks, can only make the situation — and future situations — worse.
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Reports: Staten Island grand jury will not indict officer for chokehold death of Eric Garner