CNN’s Toobin Hits Back at Rand Paul: Cigarette Taxes Didn’t Kill Eric Garner

CNN’s Toobin Hits Back at Rand Paul: Cigarette Taxes Didn’t Kill Eric Garner (Mediaite)

Shortly after Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) joined Wolf Blitzer on CNN to discuss the Eric Garner case and other issues, legal analyst Jeffrey Toobinappeared on The Situation Room and pushed back on Paul’s characterization of the incident. While Paul was focusing on the issue of cigarette taxes, Toobin stressed that this was really a case about excessive force by police.

“Rand Paul is the only person who is blaming it on cigarette taxes,” Toobin said, “which I think is really a misreading of what happened here. Because this confrontation took place as part of an overall police philosophy in New York of cracking down on quality of life crimes.”