Police Quotas and the Real Reasons Eric Garner Died

I attended Eric Garner’s funeral on Wednesday July 23^rd in 2014, and the outpour of emotion was very high. As everyone knows at this point, Eric Garner was the man from Staten Island who was choked to death by the police whose unfortunate death video went viral. Seeing him in the coffin instantly made the situation very real to me. As I sat there listening to the speakers and clergy (which included Al Sharpton) address what transpired and the circumstances of his death, I began to ponder again why this happened in the first place and why it continues to happen. Not just the surface reasons commonly tossed back and forth with these familiar cases, but the real reasons that never make the news. The reason these deaths continue to happen is because the problems within the NYPD are like a cancer. If the cancer is never acknowledged, treated and removed, every damage control campaign they push on us will always be just a farce and the problems will return worse than before.  The NYPD is in denial of their cancer. The only way the NYPD will cease from rotting internally from corruption is to finally expose the main reasons it is failing certain members of society miserably. The problems with the police departments in the United States is the modern-day militarization of the police, normalized excessive force and over-the-top tactics, the continued protection of violent officers who should have been disciplined or removed and— most importantly—police quotas.  Unknown to most, the illegal existence of police quotas is the most dangerous element to modern-day policing. Unbeknownst to most there is an agenda on the force that isn’t concerned with fighting crime, but is very concerned with antagonizing all sorts of low-level offenders to produce more arrests for their quota system.  

Were the police officers who killed Eric Garner racist? Without knowing the officers personally that isn’t determinable from the footage we’ve seen over and over. Is there an overall racist agenda in which police departments all over the country converge upon people of color disproportionately? This is very probable due to overwhelming statistics that support this notion. However, to those who will always choose to be the devil’s advocate, it is technically not factual and still debatable. Was Eric Garner committing a crime and would a more humane arrest, minus the chokehold, be justifiable? No, not really. Upon reviewing the footage, Garner was not committing a crime. He was just verbally defending himself and complaining of repeated harassment (Garner had been arrested for selling cigarettes multiple times in the past). Garner could have been spoken to by one cop and the matter could’ve been resolved without an arrest or a death.  Regardless, none of the aforementioned accusations can be charged without a shadow of a doubt. The only thing that is abundantly clear when watching the video is the officer’s intent on arresting Eric Garner at all costs. The officers could not be pacified or redirected, nor were the officers listening to reason as onlookers were repeatedly telling them that Garner hadn’t done anything. Like a pack of wild dogs surrounding an eventual kill and plotting a plan of attack, the officers were very interested in arresting Eric Garner no matter what.  And the reason the NYPD had an unwavering interest in arresting Garner is because the US police departments have been overtaken by ominous entities and are motivated by increased arrests.  From the most decent and professional officers to the most vile, dangerous and racist, as long as there are unconstitutional and completely irrational performance quotas forced upon law enforcement, society at large should beware.

Let’s just call a spade a spade. In every oppressive regime in history you will have mindless idiots and brutes doing the will of the oligarchy completely unaware of what they’re doing in the big picture. With that said, the power of the police keeps increasing. Entire SWAT teams get dispatched for minor drug charges and several minuscule offenses. Police departments are being weaponized to go to war against the people. Eric Garner became yet another victim of police who were not doing any police work. They were antagonizing Eric Garner and violating his rights.

The reason why the NYPD can do this mindlessly isn’t because they’re necessarily evil. It’s because they work for a system that puppeteers them to. They are mentally institutionalized and pressured from within completely immersed in routines. The fact that Eric Garner was a well-known, well liked, non-violent married father of six hadn’t crossed their minds once. You don’t tackle unarmed people in the street and try to handcuff them on the floor in public without even being clear if there is an issue that warrants it or not. He was a human being and being arrested in public, let alone choked to death, is a very big deal. Unfortunately, they have become desensitized to humanity working for a broken system.

In the days and weeks to come you will see politicians grandstand on this issue. No matter what they say or promise publicly, there are only a few options to fixing things effectively and permanently. The first is accountability. Criminal-minded degenerates have infested law enforcement for decades and instead of dealing with these individuals, the system constantly defends and protects them. In the case of Eric Garner, we’ve been told that an “illegal” chokehold was implemented (by an officer simultaneously being sued in other abuse cases) and consequently Garner died upon several very audible cries of “I can’t breathe!” When there are cases of clear misconduct the city insults the victims, their families, and their communities when they drag their feet administering justice after the blatant infraction.  No one wants this to happen but when it does, discipline is in order. Police officers who aren’t “policed” become a pervasive social problem in and of itself.  Letting cops consistently slide enables the problem to continue. Every job has codes and standards to uphold. A police department that tolerates infractions is basically guaranteeing and encouraging police crimes. Law Enforcement is an extremely important responsibility and its standards must be upheld. When a police officer is in clear violation of real police work, punitive action needs to be implemented swiftly.  In order for peace and improvement that make a difference, the NYPD needs to stop the common practice of protecting its lunatics.

Lastly, police quotas need to be stopped. Many people know why the quotas exist and the reasons are disgusting. The city wants to ensure a specific amount of revenue so they’ve created a way to “ensure crime.” Quotas are unlawful which is why they will never fully admit they exist, but yes they do.  When quotas aren’t met, the officers are “punished” in many indirect and covert ways. This diabolic system is creating excessive tickets and social catastrophes. They can only exist if a sleeping society continues to allow this madness. The police quota system must be addressed and it must be done away with. If the NYPD refuses to address this, expect disasters to continue along with an eroding of the American way of life toward a fascist existence.

Cancer doesn’t go away on its own. It requires proactive action. Even though they never speak of it, we know the quotas are there and swept under the rug. We also know there are scores of dangerous, ill-tempered officers on the force at this very moment who get sent back out onto the streets despite several infractions. And while they never discuss these realities with us, we see the cancer spreading. We watched the rabid officers foaming at the mouth determined to arrest Eric Garner. We see the push for the drug war even though statistics and popular opinion grow overwhelmingly against it. We see the stubborn defense of Stop and Frisk even though it’s an ineffective program that violates more human rights than fights any crimes. We see the ridiculous increase in tickets, citations, and overly ambitious traffic cops. We see the increasing number of police brutality reports, and yes, the deaths. Now with another case in the forefront of news discussion we will see if the NYPD is interested in curing the cancer or selling another prescription that won’t work, or just waiting until the public emotions subside. Regardless, if the aforementioned tumors are not addressed and finally removed, know that the problem will still be there and it will return again and grow worse than before.