# The ambushed cops: So, it's all Obama's fault now?

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**Created:** [December 22, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ambushed-cops-so-its-all-obamas-fault-now/707867 "2014-12-22T00:46:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ambushed-cops-so-its-all-obamas-fault-now/707867/351 "2014-12-30T19:24:32Z")

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> [@magellan01](#):
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> … I am finding extra entertainment value in seeing how invested you are in being able to say, “The cops killed Eric Garner”, in spite of the facts.
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> But hey, maybe my guffaw was premature. Can you share with me any cite at all that indicates that his asthma and obesity did NOT contribute to his death that day?

So you are capable of _nuance_, using a 3-syllable word like “contribute.” Did the cops who restrained his breathing until he was dead also “contribute” to his death?

Small minds look for simple answers. I could say that Kim Kardashian killed Eric Garner – if she had only called him up and asked him for a date that day, he’d have missed his “appointment in Samarra” altogether. But it seems more reasonable to blame those cops … and also retarded right-wingers whose inhumane attitudes foster bad cop behavior.

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