Several rappers and entertainment industry figures have responded to no charges being brought against Daniel Pantaleo, the officer who was shown on video choking Eric Garner. Garner died as a result of Pantaleo’s actions and Garner’s death was ruled a homicide.
“The message has been sent over and over…black lives don’t matter. #EricGarner #MikeBrown #TrayvonMartin #OscarGrant #JohnCrawford….” Rapsody wrote on Twitter today (December 3).
Mistah F.A.B. posted on Instagram about the ruling. “Y’all better strap up!! It’s a WAR going on Us against THEM!!!!! Except they can get away with murder!!!! We go out a MARTRY You a victim or a suspect???? Another one like the other MODERN DAY LYNCHING After a few protest,riots, burned down business BLACKS will settle down… But they ain’t Gon feel it till they feel it IS IT A RACE THING OF COURSE IT IS WHITE PRIVILEGE VS BLACK OPPRESSION How many more??????” he said.
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DJ House Shoes sent a series a tweets about the finding. “#thenewblack will be murdered by the police just like the old. @Pharrell,” read one, while another was, “This is not a time for prayer.”
Lupe Fiasco said that people need to turn the attention on themselves. “You cannot casually celebrate your own demise in the club then hit the streets/tweets expecting justice from a system that benefits from it,” the Chicago rapper wrote on Twitter.
Pantaleo responded to the Grand Jury not bringing charges against him.
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“I became a police officer to help people and to protect those who can’t protect themselves,” Pantaleo says in a statement that was published by ABC News. “It is never my intention to harm anyone and I feel very bad about the death of Mr. Garner. My family and I include him and his family in our prayers and I hope that they will accept my personal condolences for their loss.”
The tweets from Lupe Fiasco, Rapsody, Mistah F.A.B., DJ House Shoes, ABC News and others are as follows:
#WTF RT @rawdawgbuffalo: No indictment in NYC polce choke-hold death of Eric Garner http://t.co/A7I3tdtsYE
— Big Boi (@BigBoi) December 3, 2014
Once again NO indictment! #EricGarnerhttp://t.co/9LjKfZFCi2
— Big Boi (@BigBoi) December 3, 2014
BREAKING: Grand Jury Does Not Indict NYPD Officer for #EricGarner Chokehold Death http://t.co/0u8NHeBto7pic.twitter.com/SzpdNOiSYG
— Big Boi (@BigBoi) December 3, 2014
So much for body cameras #EricGarner — Big Boi (@BigBoi) December 3, 2014
The message has been sent over and over…black lives don’t matter. #EricGarner#MikeBrown#TrayvonMartin#OscarGrant#JohnCrawford….
— Rapsody (@rapsodymusic) December 3, 2014
Y’all better strap up!! It’s a WAR going on Us against THEM!!!!! Except they can get away with murder!!!! We go out a MARTRY You a victim or a suspect???? Another one like the other MODERN DAY LYNCHING After a few protest,riots, burned down business BLACKS will settle down… But they ain’t Gon feel it till they feel it IS IT A RACE THING OF COURSE IT IS WHITE PRIVILEGE VS BLACK OPPRESSION How many more?????? A photo posted by FABBYDavisJR1 (@fabbydavisjr1) on
Officer involved in death of Eric Garner: “It is never my intention to harm anyone and I feel very bad” – pic.twitter.com/oIjKP6JjMb
— ABC News (@ABC) December 3, 2014
#thenewblack will be murdered by the police just like the old. @Pharrell
— Shoes. (@HouseShoes) December 3, 2014
This is not a time for prayer. — Shoes. (@HouseShoes) December 3, 2014
Strange Fruit no longer hangs from the tree. It has fallen and been trampled upon. — Shoes. (@HouseShoes) December 3, 2014
When someone repeatedly says “I can’t breathe” while you are choking them and they die under the control of your assault that is murder.
— Arthur Pitt (@ArthurPitt) December 3, 2014
No indictment. Wake up, there’s also no more conspiracy. The plan in motion is right there on video for all eyes to see. #EricGarner
— OMAR EPPS (@omarepps) December 3, 2014
A cop chokes a man to death for selling cigarettes. He isn’t charged for murder & a man smiles in the ad #sadUSApic.twitter.com/hnzKVtJgDK — will.i.am (@iamwill) December 3, 2014
I would like to hear what brothers in the military think tho. — planetasia (@planetasia) December 3, 2014
– illegal choke hold – entire incident on video – man dies because of choke hold – death ruled homicide = no indictment #Icantbreathe
— I CAN’T BREATHE #SOS (@Thisl) December 3, 2014
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