THE NEW BARBARISM

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Comment by Μολὼν λάβε on December 13, 2014 at 1:30pm

New York City Patrolmen's Benevolent Association posted a form on its website, for members to sign, that requests that de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito keep away from funeral services should an officer die in the line of duty. → http://tinyurl.com/nu5l76a Protests have also taken place nightly in major U.S. cities since a grand jury returned a no indictment decision after a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in August. The protests have intensified since the decision on the Garner case, and other police shootings in New York, Cleveland and elsewhere. "Members of Congress, beware we're serious," Sharpton said. "When you get a ring ding on Christmas, it might not be Santa. It may be Rev. Al coming to your house." Several speakers asked the crowd to chant, "I can't breathe." Garner had gasped those words before his death while being arrested for allegedly selling loose, untaxed cigarettes. Some protesters also wore those words on shirts. Other speakers called for a chant of "Hands up, don't shoot." → http://tinyurl.com/o854n24