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hrmjustin

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Wed Jul 23, 2014, 11:46 AM Jul 2014

Bratton on Eric Garner Death: ‘I Personally Don’t Think That Race Was a Factor’

Jillian Jorgensen

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Despite the assertions of elected officials who said Eric Garner would not have died in police custody if he were not a black man, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said he does not believe race played a role in the man’s death.

“I personally don’t think that race was a factor in the incident involved in this tragic death,” Mr. Bratton told the Observer Tuesday.

Mr. Bratton’s comments came after several elected officials at a City Hall rally, including State Senator Bill Perkins and Councilwoman Inez Barron, said Mr. Garner would not have been stopped and placed in a chokehold by NYPD officers if he were white.

“It doesn’t happen to white folks. It happens to black folks,” Ms. Barron observed at one point during the rally.

Read more at http://observer.com/2014/07/bratton-on-eric-garner-death-i-personally-dont-think-that-race-was-a-factor/#ixzz38J60FeWt

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