First Source: http://nypost.com/2014/12/03/cop-cleared-in-eric-garner-chokehold-death/
Second Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/04/28/knoxville-cop-fired-immediately-after-photos-show-brutal-choking-of-student/
In both cases, police officers are applying what could be considered excessive force. One dies, the other survives. In one case, the offending officer is immediately fired. In the other, the officer is let off with not a single charge, not even involuntary manslaughter. In both cases, there is video evidence regarding the actions of the officers.
Rising above the fact that the victims were of historically conflicting groups of people, there is the issue of justice. Should not the same crime result in a reliably consistent punishment? One human was actually killed by suffocation and the officer who applied the suffocation was summarily let off, while the other officer who momentarily choked the other victim was quickly fired. Why the inconsistency?
Mathematically speaking, it is an illogical result. If we have an equation, say 10 + x = y, and input one number and get a certain answer (9), we know that x is equal to one. If you input the same number into the same equation and yet you get a different result (1), one could be conclusively accused of "fudging the numbers", or proposing inaccurate data.
In summary, this situation reads like this: 10 + 1 = 10 equals 10 + 1 = 1. Obviously inaccurate, and rightfully subject to investigation.
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