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madville

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5. They have the camera footage from outside her cell

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 11:19 AM

Jul 2015

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-employee-placed-leave-after-sandy-bland-traffic-stop-n394216

"The death of Ms. Sandra Bland will not be swept under the rug," Mathis said.

He said a surveillance camera inside the jail shows the hallway leading to Bland's cell door.

"We cannot find where anyone goes into her cell from the hallway to do her any harm, from the last time that she was physically viewed alive," he said.

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If that is the case then suicide does appear more likely. They should still be held accountable for putting her in that position though since policies were broken.

I want to see the dash cam and audio footage from the cop car.

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Texas trooper violated policy stopping woman who died in jail: agency [View all] Eugene Jul 2015 OP

Question: why would she hang herself? peacebird Jul 2015 #1

I'd like to know what kind of trash bags they have in their jail cells first JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #3

Maybe--I thought of that possibility, too. But they would probably expect to get tblue37 Jul 2015 #14

At least we know that murdering her was a violation of procedure. Scuba Jul 2015 #2

Depends on their courtesy policy JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #4

Pulled her out of the car because she had a cigarette? Downwinder Jul 2015 #7

Imagine if she had a bag of skittles or can of iced tea! JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #8

I have seen some pretty rabid anti-smokers! Downwinder Jul 2015 #9

I like you! JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #12

They have the camera footage from outside her cell madville Jul 2015 #5

Those camera images can be doctored. BillZBubb Jul 2015 #11

The last person to see somebody alive Downwinder Jul 2015 #16

Apparently others have considered that to be a possibility. tblue37 Jul 2015 #17

That is good news. BillZBubb Jul 2015 #19

That would be impressive madville Jul 2015 #20

You mean fucking with black people ain't policy? Iggo Jul 2015 #6

Let's see. Young, happy woman, excited to start her new job (she'd already been hired), gets pulled tblue37 Jul 2015 #10

I believe she did call someone from the jail. BillZBubb Jul 2015 #13

I hadn't seen that. But I still think they beat her so badly they ended up killing her and then tblue37 Jul 2015 #15

There is in-car video footage and audio madville Jul 2015 #21

Speechless. Thank god the FBI is involved. nt Romulox Jul 2015 #18