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This post originally appeared on ChanceyDeVega.com and is reposted here with permission.   A New York City police officer put his arm around Eric Garner’s neck and choked out his life as he screamed “I can’t breathe!”A police officer in Ferguson, MO aimed his gun at Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager and shot him multiple times while he reportedly pleaded, “I don’t have a gun. Stop shooting!” Michael Brown lay dead in the street for hours. The police treated his body like common street refuse. While the police ended the lives of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, it was white racism...