# CrimingWhileWhite became Twitter 's highest trending topic in the United States and a trending topic worldwide as protests continued Thursday morning over a New York grand jury 's decision not to indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner , a black man suspected of illegally selling cigarettes on the sidewalk . White Twitter users are using the hashtag # CrimingWhileWhite to confess to crimes . # CrimingWhileWhite became Twitter 's highest trending topic . ` ` Pushed a cop when I was drunk at a bar ... told to go home and ' sleep it off , ' '' one said . This shows racial tension in American law enforcement is real .
White Twitter users are using the hashtag # CrimingWhileWhite to confess to crimes . # CrimingWhileWhite became Twitter 's highest trending topic . ` ` Pushed a cop when I was drunk at a bar ... told to go home and ' sleep it off , ' '' one said . This shows racial tension in American law enforcement is real .