The video seemed to provide such clear evidence that the officer used excessive force, an improper chokehold that caused Eric Garner's death. But again, no indictment. No charges, no discipline. No justice, no equity. A man died, for selling individual cigarettes. There is no sense of proportion. Why did five cops have to tackle this man over cigarettes? Are officers not taught how to defuse situations with reason and persuasion? Why? Why? And then, they stood by, while he was dying. No one attempted CPR. No rescue breathing. They did nothing to help him. The answer is inescapable. His life was not valued. They had no empathy, they did not see him as a human being. A father, a husband, a grandfather. He resisted. The officers turned their backs on him. They had the power and they used it.
This photo is so inappropriate to the topic in discussion today. It's like lighting the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center while protests are going on. But, I have no other photo today.
This is the ad in Vogue for the studio where Colin works, the Lindsey Adelman Studio.
His friend, Mary Wallis, is inside the refrigerator holding the lamp she designed that is being constructed and promoted by Lindsey's staff. What a thrill!
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