Eugene Robinson responds to the no trial ruling re: Garner decision EXCELLENT READING, A minority perspective.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/04/1349526/-Eugene-Robinson-s-response-to-the-Garner-decision?detail=email

s as direct as you can imagine.  He begins like this:

I can’t breathe. Those were Eric Garner’s last words, and today they apply to me. The decision by a Staten Island grand jury to not indict the police officer who killed him takes my breath away.

Normally Robinson's column goes up Thursday night for Friday publication.  The Eric Garner case’s sickening outcome went live at 10:13 last night, Wednesday.   I just encountered it.   And I can't breathe.
Here are two more paragraphs from the first part of the column:

This time, there were literally millions of eyewitnesses. Somebody tell me, just theoretically, how many does it take? Is there any number that would suffice? Or is this whole “equal justice before the law” thing just a cruel joke? African American men are being taught a lesson about how this society values, or devalues, our lives. I’ve always said the notion that racism is a thing of the past was absurd — and that those who espoused the “post-racial” myth were either naive or disingenuous. Now, tragically, you see why.

By now I should have convinced you to read the column.