Do people here really not know what Colin Kaepernick is protesting?

The Grand Jury refused to indict him. As it wasn't the cause of his death, he wasn't asphyxiated he died from coronary failure because of his weight and CV shape. None of it would have happened had he just complied and was taken into custody without further incident. Why is that concept so elusive to people that defend these guys.

 

Kaepernick was protesting the fact he sucks as a QB and his attention whoring is getting him nowhere in the NFL. He's a third rate backup QB who doesn't even belong on a practice squad.

 

I agree........

Losing control of ones self because of emotions is NO excuse for bad behavior it's the product of a weak minded, weak willed person that wasn't ever taught to control themselves as a child. Now society has to teach them to and that unsavory job goes to the Police.

 

Nope. He never said or indicated any such thing.

Th operative word there is ONLY...when it should be replaced by "happens far too often" and far out of the per centage of population.

Police brutality happens to everyone,,,but far more often to people of color..and it's wrong when it happens to anyone

 

He's a lot better than a fair number of starters and most back ups in the NFL...are you a football fan? Doesn't sound like it

 

So would Garner have died had NOT the officer used that banned practice?

Nope

 

Laughable.

 

The problem these Liberals have is they want to hamstring cops so much that they will be ineffective at their jobs. Liberals care more about criminals' rights than law and order.

 

You seem to know as little about the NFL as you do about politics

 

Actually we care about human life and INNOCENT people being killed or attacked by the state

 

So you care about coddling criminals, gotcha.

 

As I already said he didn't die from asphyxia (suffocation), he died because he chose to fight 3 guys being fat, out of shape, in poor heart health and died from cardiac arrest. All he had to do to live was comply and be taken into custody.....that's all, that one thing and he'd still be alive.

 

It was the liberal state of New York that declared war on folks selling single cigarettes WITHOUT state sales and tobacco tax.

 

In your mind everyone is guilty?

I said INNOCENT

 

He died because an over eager cop used a banned practice to subdue him. Something that was not necessary at all.

 

Interesting. So selling loose cigarettes is a capital crime now?

Is that your idea of a good use of public safety resources in the first place?

 

You'll need to take that up with the Uber Liberal State of New York. Anything anyone can do to keep from paying liberal states like New York and California their vig (taxes) for living there is fine with me. However, that's not what we're discussing, fighting a guaranteed losing battle with the Police is just ignorant and potentially deadly as the fat, out of shape and in poor health Garner found out the hard way. If he just complied with the cops he'd be alive today. If it helps any, just think of it as Darwin's natural selection process. Example: Cats. Some are smart enough to look around and listen before they cross a road and live a long and healthy life. Others aren't so smart and ignore those large loud things we call cars and trucks, they end up getting smooshed. The same goes for people. Some are smart and don't break the law at all and live a free life long or short only regulated by genetics. Then their are others that aren't so smart and keep getting trouble with the law, in and out of jail never learning from their mistakes but they're alive because they comply with the Police. They at least have a chance of straightening out their lives and becoming a productive member of society. Then there are the dumbasses, not only do they insist on doing what ever they want regardless of who it hurts, but then want to fight when someone tries to stop them. To compound the problem there are folks that stand back in wide eyed amazement as the dumbasses get injured when the Police try to stop them from hurting others. It's Darwin's natural selection process.

 

Again he didn't die from asphyxia, he died from a heart attack from the exertion of fighting with the Police which simply wouldn't have happened had he just surrendered.

 

And in your mind there are no criminals, except of course white, Conservative, Evangelical males.

 

Not even close. But when cops re shooting unarmed people...there's a problem.

It's a problem when it happens to anyone but an even bigger problem when it happens more to one group (based on population) than others

 

Again...he would NOT have died had not the over eager cop used a banned practice to subdue him...in a riidiculous arrest for selling cigarettes for 50 cents a piece

 

Right. Police brutality happens to all races. So it's not a race problem. And George Soros' rent-a-mobs who say otherwise are uncle toms.

 

So you'd rather hamstring police so they're nothing more than glorified security guards?

 

Again...he would not have died had he chosen to be taken into custody for his crime instead of fight. Yes, selling untaxed cigarettes in New York IS a crime. Not only was he cheating the shop keepers selling legal cigarettes out of their business, but he was stealing tax money from the State of New York. I thought you of all people would be appalled at that.

Search N.Y. TAX. LAW § 480-a : NY Code - Section 480-A: Retail dealer and vending machine registration

He would need a license and display it, pay a $1000 fee even if he had no regular place of business.

Search N.Y. TAX. LAW § 1801 : NY Code - Section 1801: Tax fraud acts

What he was doing is tax fraud under NY law.

Search N.Y. TAX. LAW § 1802 : NY Code - Section 1802: Criminal tax fraud in the fifth degree

The first time he was arrested for selling cigarettes he could claim he didn't know and it would have been a Class A Misdemeanor.

Search N.Y. TAX. LAW § 1803 : NY Code - Section 1803: Criminal tax fraud in the fourth degree

Subsequent arrests would Class E Felonies. He had been arrested several time for that same charge.

This looks to be what Marijuana laws will be modeled after if it ever becomes legal nationwide.

 

Blacks commit crimes at up to double their percentage of the population.