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On The Eve of the Eric Garner Verdict, Bushwick Reacts to Ferguson, Missouri [Update]

Police Officers stop a civilian at Myrtle-Broadway two weeks after a 20-year-old farebeater was sent to the hospital by a violent encounter with an officer at the same station

On The Eve of the Eric Garner Verdict, Bushwick Reacts to Ferguson, Missouri [Update]

On The Eve of the Eric Garner Verdict, Bushwick Reacts to Ferguson, Missouri [Update]

Police Officers stop a civilian at Myrtle-Broadway two weeks after a 20-year-old farebeater was sent to the hospital by a violent encounter with an officer at the same station

On The Eve of the Eric Garner Verdict, Bushwick Reacts to Ferguson, Missouri [Update]
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Police Officers stop a civilian at Myrtle-Broadway two weeks after a 20-year-old farebeater was sent to the hospital by a violent encounter with an officer at the same station.

Police Officers stop a civilian at Myrtle-Broadway two weeks after a 20-year-old farebeater was sent to the hospital by a violent encounter with an officer at the same station. Photo by Emilie Ruscoe for Bushwick Daily.

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014- A grand jury decision is expected to be announced regarding the death of Staten Island resident, NYC Parks Department horticulturist and father of six Eric Garner, possibly as early as today and likely within the week, and the city, especially the NYPD, is preparing for strong reactions to the news. Bushwick Daily reached out to members of the community to talk about the current political climate and to get a sense of how the Eric Garner decision will be taken in the neighborhood.

[Update: News broke yesterday that the officer in the Garner case won’t be indicted.]

Frank, a Brooklyn native who’s lived off the JMZ for 46 years, reflected on the root cause of incidents like the Garner case and the August death of Michael Brown…

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