Esaw Garner, wife of Eric Garner, breaks down
during a rally for her late husband on July 19 in
New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Photo Credit: The Nation

Here are some incontrovertible truths about the Universe we live in: the kinetic energy of photoelectrons is equal to the Planck constant; the more precisely the position of some particle is determined, the less precisely its momentum can be known; the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown had nothing to do with racism.

If Eric Garner were white, were just as big, and had the same medical problems, then he would not have been treated any differently by the cops nor would anything different have happened that day. Eric Garner is dead, not because of racism, but because he did not go gently into handcuffs. If a cop asks you to put your hands behind your back, then you do exactly that. Had Mr. Garner done that he would be alive today.

Likewise for Mr. Brown: if he didn't rob a convenience store and attack a cop, he would have been alive today.