A Staten Island grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officer whose chokehold killed Eric Garner this past July has sparked a ton of outrage on Twitter as people marvel at how an abundance of footage and the medical examiner ruling the death a homicide somehow doesn’t warrant a criminal charge. While the NYPD is always the subject of ample scrutiny, this decision takes that public pressure to a whole other level.
So, knowing that, the NYPD would probably acknowledge that trying to get this hashtag trending just minutes after the decision was announced was a really, really bad idea:
The #NYPD is committed to rebuilding public trust. #Wehearyou
— Chief Joanne Jaffe (@NYPDCommAffairs) December 3, 2014As you might expect, Twitter is going hard after the NYPD. Here’s a sampling of some of the top one-liners so far:
“@NYPDCommAffairs: The #NYPD is committed to rebuilding public trust. #Wehearyou” unless we're saying we can't breathe, in which case STFU?
— Hari Kunzru (@harikunzru) December 3, 2014
As we crush your wind pipe RT @NYPDCommAffairs: The #NYPD is committed to rebuilding public trust. #Wehearyou
— Dave Brown (@AnswerDave) December 3, 2014
You can’t hear us because you’re choking us to death! RT @NYPDCommAffairs: The #NYPD is committed to rebuilding public trust. #Wehearyou
— Michael Crawford (@dmcrawford) December 3, 2014
This is crapping on us and telling us it's snowing RT @NYPDCommAffairs: The #NYPD is committed to rebuilding public trust. #Wehearyou
— Amin Elhassan (@AminESPN) December 3, 2014
In your ability to kill people & get away with it? RT @NYPDCommAffairs The #NYPD is committed to rebuilding public trust. #Wehearyou
— Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) December 3, 2014
Just because you hear doesn't mean you're listening RT @NYPDCommAffairs: The #NYPD is committed to rebuilding public trust. #Wehearyou
— Grant Tucker (@scknows) December 3, 2014
You can start by stop killing innocent people “@NYPDCommAffairs: The #NYPD is committed to rebuilding public trust. #Wehearyou”
— Jay Walker (@imjaywalker) December 3, 2014
#NYPD #Wehearyou UNLESS YOU'RE BEGGING FOR YOUR LIFE. #bastards
— Rebel with a Cause (@TeamDAFLIRebel) December 3, 2014This very succinct tweet probably puts it best:
@NYPDCommAffairs Fuck off.
— Matt Miner (@MattMinerXVX) December 3, 2014[via Daily Dot]
