In an interview with MTV, NY native Mack Wilds reveals how close to home the death of Eric Garner hit, and how the decision to not indict officer Daniel Pantaleo affected him.

When speaking about what first went through his mind when he first heard about Eric Garner's death, the New York rapper replied: "Honestly, I was messed up man, because it was wrong. I knew that dude. We knew him from around the hood; he was Big E. So, I guess the cops, they kept on trying to defame his name, saying he sold loosies — but all of that for breaking up a fight, a past history of selling loosies — that makes no sense. It definitely hurt."

When asked about what he thought when he heard of the grand jury's decision to not indict the officer who placed Eric Garner in a chokehold that ultimately killed him, Wilds said: "As an American citizen, you would pray that there would be some sort of justice shown for this man’s life. Same thing with Mike Brown, same thing with Trayvon. It doesn’t matter the skin color, you would just pray that, that because of these lives lost that there would be some type of justice shown for the loss of these lives."

He ended the interview by sending a message to all the young ones who are struggling to make sense of the recent events stemming from the non-indictments of the officers involved in both the Eric Garner and Mike Brown cases. To see more reaction from around hip-hop on the decision of a grand jury to not indict Eric Garner, click the link here.

[MTV]

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