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With me. i m tired of it. this stops today. everybody standing here. i didn t do nothing. i did not sell nothing. because every time you see me, you want to harass me. you want to stop me from selling cigarettes. i m minding my business, officer. on thursday of last week, 43-year-old eric garner got into a verbal confrontation with two plain clothed police officers in staten island, new york. those officers have reportedly accused garner of selling untaxed cigarettes, sing the cigarettes are lucys in neighborhood parlance. garner has been arrested more than 30 times accused of selling lucys. he repeatedly told officers he didn t have cigarettes on him. garner previously complained about being harassed by the police. in 2007, he filed a complaint in federal court accusing an officer of, quote, digging his fingers in my rectum in the middle of the street. last week after telling officers to, quote, please leave me alone and after uniformed officer were called in, one of the plain ....