Learning from Our Past
ecthompsonmd
July 17, 2025
In July 2014, a 43-year-old guy was barely making it. He was one of those black men who didn’t have a regular job. He had been arrested multiple times by the New York Police Department for various offences. He was married and had six children. His body was falling apart. He was morbidly obese. His breathing was terrible. In order to make a little money, he sold loosies (single cigarettes) on the streets of New York. The New York police spotted him. He was confronted. One of the police officers put Eric Garner in an illegal chokehold. Mr. Garner died on
