No single case in modern American history shows just how hard justice is to come by for black families impacted by police violence,

then the brutal public lynching of Eric Garner.

Yesterday the officer responsible for this murder was fired, which isn't justice, it's barely even

in the ballpark of justice.

But still, police unions are furious,

and white police officers all over the department

are outraged, and donors have now given over $100,000 to support the

officer who murdered Eric Garner. I think it's all a metaphor for exactly where

we are as a country right now.

Let me break it down.

This is Sean King and you are listening to

The Breakdown.

Breakdown. down.

Over the breakdown. Over five years ago on July 17th of 2014, on a hot summer morning in Staten Island, New York, NYPD

NyPd Officer Daniel Pantaleo brutally murdered Eric Garner,

who was a beloved son, husband, father,

grandfather, and murdered Eric in broad daylight while being filmed surrounded

by eyewitnesses.

Yesterday, after five years, it hurts me to even say that five years of deliberate delays.

Officer Daniel Panthalaya was finally fired from the force.

Now that's not justice. Pantaleo literally should have been fired the day this

happened, or at least the week this happened or the month this happened.

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