Let’s talk about that powerful hour of #GreysAnatomyhttps://t.co/n6mVDcjtk6
— Greys Anatomy (@GreysABC) January 26, 2018
This week's episode of Grey's Anatomy featured a 12 year old black patient named Eric who was shot by a cop while trying to enter his own house by climbing through the window (he forgot his keys). He was shoot by the cop for trying to take his phone out of his pocket (to call his parents), the cops said they thought he was talking out a gun. They boy lived in a wealthy neighborhood. The cop who actually shot the boy was not shown in the episode (he was at the station "answering questions") but other cops present at the scene were shown trying to justify the situation. the boy dies at the end of the episode. Per episode writer Zoanne Clack, who is black and is a mother, the character was named after Eric Garner. Jesse Williams was heavily featured in the case and confronted the cops and his character also shared the incident of when he was wrongly arrested by the cops as a kid.
The episode also featured Chief Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) and her husband Ben Warren (Jason George) giving her 13 year old son Tuck "the talk".
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