Once again, the judicial system of America reached inside the breastplate of black America and ripped her heart out of the collective body.
Even with a videotape showing, frame by frame, New York police officer Daniel Pantaleo squeezing the life out of Eric Garner illegally and unecessarily, he was vindicated of any and all charges in gentle giant’s death.
As the masses rally around the families of Mike Brown and Eric Garner in shows of demonstration nationwide, celebrities took to their social media platforms to articulate their disgust with the ruling.
Take a look at what some celebrities had to say about the Eric Garner choke hold death, and subsequent exoneration of the NYPD cop responsible for killing the man, with Angela Simmons probably summarizing the sentiments of black Americans nationwide:
I’m not sure how much more of this I can take… It’s just not fair…. #EricGarner #RIP https://t.co/rUinBvuPsA
— Angela Renee Simmons (@AngelaSimmons) December 3, 2014
.@GoddessShantala …one repeatedly tells you #ICantBreathe & U continue to constrict his airway, that is not manslaughter… it’s #murder
— Malinda Williams (@MalinsWorld) December 3, 2014
Young people are organizing around the country. I am proud of them, but PLEASE everyone be safe tonight. #EricGarner #ICantBreathe — Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) December 3, 2014
Just finished presenting @TedXSingSing & leaving #SingSing Correctional Facility. Picked up phone from CO’s and heard the news #ICantBreathe
— Hill Harper (@hillharper) December 3, 2014
@nygirlallday OMG YOUR PROFLE PHOTO!!! #ICANTBREATHE — Claudia Jordan (@claudiajordan) November 23, 2014
If chokeholds r against police POLICY/training & an officer goes AGAINST this &KILLS a man, how can he not b held responsible? #EricGarner
— Lennox Lewis (@LennoxLewis) December 3, 2014
Black Man = Demonic Hulk Hogan = I get to KILL you and make it home in time for dinner. #EricGarner #MichaelBrown #TrayvonMartin #TamirRice
— Caryn Ward Ross (@carynward) December 3, 2014
I’ve seen #MikeBrown #TamirRice and #EricGarner & others all killed by police recently. It’s demoralizing as a black male in America. — Tony A. Gaskins Jr (@TonyGaskins) December 3, 2014