It Just Hit Me : The Clive Bundy and the Eric Garner Case Were EXTREMELY Parallel
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Think about it:
Eric Garner was initially accosted by the police for "selling untaxed loose cigarettes"
Clive Bundy was at odds with the Federal government for refusing to pay grazing fees to the government for letting his cattle graze on government land - you could say a form of taxes
But the outcomes were very different
Police wanted to arrest Garner, he didn't comply immediately but wasn't a threat to any of the officers..he ended up dead within minutes
Bundy didn't comply with the government's fees and refused to remove his cattle from their land. Federal agents went to confiscate the cattle that was grazing on their land, and an armed militia held them at bay when a tense standoff occured..eventually the feds said "? it, you can use the land"
Conservatives hailed Bundy as a national hero (until of course he revealed himself as an overt racist instead of a covert racist which is en vogue now). The same conservatives now say "when you resist police, things can happen. Eric garner should have immediately complied."
What am I missing here? The hypocrisy knows no bounds.
Eric Garner was initially accosted by the police for "selling untaxed loose cigarettes"
Clive Bundy was at odds with the Federal government for refusing to pay grazing fees to the government for letting his cattle graze on government land - you could say a form of taxes
But the outcomes were very different
Police wanted to arrest Garner, he didn't comply immediately but wasn't a threat to any of the officers..he ended up dead within minutes
Bundy didn't comply with the government's fees and refused to remove his cattle from their land. Federal agents went to confiscate the cattle that was grazing on their land, and an armed militia held them at bay when a tense standoff occured..eventually the feds said "? it, you can use the land"
Conservatives hailed Bundy as a national hero (until of course he revealed himself as an overt racist instead of a covert racist which is en vogue now). The same conservatives now say "when you resist police, things can happen. Eric garner should have immediately complied."
What am I missing here? The hypocrisy knows no bounds.
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You know this is the white man's land a descendant of a slave doesn't have the same rights as a rich conservative white mab possess even if he is doing an incredible illegal thing.
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wait, i thought Garner's case had even conservatives saying "this was a bit much"Conservatives hailed Bundy as a national hero (until of course he revealed himself as an overt racist instead of a covert racist which is en vogue now). The same conservatives now say "when you resist police, things can happen. Eric garner should have immediately complied."
