I'd be OK with Swedish or Finnish overlords. Bring us free tuition, healthcare, 1 year maternity leaves, 30 paid vacation days etc.

Good - fucking good. We deserve to be caught with our asses out like this. It's about time Americans stopped trying to portray ourselves as some sort of bastion of freedom and equality.

This is what happens when you allow law enforcement to essentially investigate themselves. Cops should not be given the benefit of the doubt when things like this happen, their actions should be scrutinized even more strongly due to the power and responsibility they're afforded.

The grand jury had two options, believe their own eyes or the white guy. They went with white guy.

Here in the UK there were protests about Mike Brown, Tamir Rice and any other victims of police brutality in the US and UK (in London it brought out more than 2,000 people). There were also protests in Palestine, Mexico and other countries, the world is watching with outrage and confusion. We all problems with…

I still can't quite believe this verdict is real.

Dear American Friends,

How this isn't going to become the '60s all over again, I have no idea. It's either protest or acquiesce to living in a police state whose agents can kill you at will with no consequences. And if you think you're safe from them for any reason, you are mistaken.

Pfffffft. If I ever get knocked up, I am

I am Swedish and this article is total BS

Yep - I live in Sweden and this is the first I've heard about it!

Except...in Huck Finn the n-word is historically realistic, and it's used by racist characters who the book condemns for their racism. So editing it out is stupid.

"Swedes are flipping out"?

Yes it was ruled a homicide by the coroner. The cop also has a prior history of abuse and is the focus of two other civil suits. Oh, and the chokehold is banned under NYPD policy - but there are no charges.

If I remember right, wasn't Garner yelling "I can't breathe" as he was being withheld strangled? Didn't the coroner rule it a homicide?

Fucking exactly. Your social life isn't an after school special. You don't go out of your way to "cast" an Asian, a Latina, a black person, and a redhead.

like wtf! I need a break from this place

I am a "liberal white folk" and I do not think this way. I am actually very appalled by this article and am hoping that it is satire. (Which it probably isn't)

I don't think Swift has friends so much as she has photo ops.

Are you fucking kidding me with this shit? Is this how liberal white folks think? Gotta catch em all like races are Pokemon?