After the Michael Brown ruling and now the cop that killed Eric Garner going free, tensions are extremely high. The Michael Brown case was bad enough because he was unarmed but the Eric Garner case resonated even more because it was caught on tape. Garner expressed frustration over the cops continued harassment, he asked to be left alone, he then put his hands up and grasped for air while letting out his now infamous last words “I can’t breathe”. The decision to let the chokehold officer Daniel Pantaleo go happened on the same day the NYPD debuted their new body cams, it has people saying “what’s the point?” That’s the feelings Marcus Vick (brother of Mike Vick) expressed through his Twitter account but the wording was not ideal.
Vick expressed anger over the decision and said soon people will be so fed up they’ll go into “full blown kill a cracker mode”. The word “cracker” led many people to accuse Vick of being racist himself.
Vick said he has plenty of white friends including his best friend and his girlfriend is half white. Oddly enough that’s the defense some white people use when being accused of racism. Not saying he’s racist, it’s just ironic. He also said he meant “cop killer” mode not cracker.
*tweets in gallery above*
h/t BSO
