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South Bend, Indiana – When police abuse and misconduct became a national conversation recently, police all over the country have had a great opportunity to actually connect with the public, and make an honest effort to admit wrong-doing, apologize for their behavior, and offer a solution to fix the problem.
Unfortunately it seems that many police are going in the opposite direction, deciding to engage in an all out media war with the public, in defense of their culture of violence.
In the wake of the recent and highly publicized police killings, officers and police unions could have taken a sensitive approach, but instead they continue to defend these unspeakable crimes, exposing themselves as the thugs that they are in the process.
For example, a police officer who owns a t-shirt company has created a controversy in his community by printing and selling shirts that say “Breathe Easy Don’t Break The Law,” a sarcastic response to the “I Cant Breathe,” slogan that has become an icon to symbolize Eric Garners final words.
Michiana police officer Jason Barthel of South Bend Uniform Company says that he has already sold over a hundred of the t-shirts, but there is a good chance that a large percentage of those purchases were cops themselves.
Barthel denied that his t-shirts were meant to disrespect Eric Garner or his family in any way.“We’re here to protect the public and we want you to breathe easy knowing that the police are here to be with you and for you and protect you,” Barthel said.
Barthel’s company said in a statement that:
Does Barthel really expect people to believe that a shirt that says, “Don’t break the law” means that police are “there for you” and that “Breathe Easy” is not a reference to Eric Garner? The attempt to lie to to people makes this situation that much more insulting.“For those upset, please understand when we use the slogan “Breathe Easy” we are referring to knowing the police are there for you! We are one people, one nation regardless of race, religion, creed or gender. We are all in this together. The police are here to protect and serve. 99.9% of us have the greater good in our hearts each time we strap on our uniforms and duty belts. We are all one people and this is by no means is a slam on Eric Garner or his family, God rest his soul. Lets all band together as AMERICANS regardless of our feelings and know we can and will be better! Thank you for your support.”
It is truly disturbing that police largely believe that someone being disobedient or breaking a law is an acceptable reason to murder them.
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