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Laffy Kat

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9. The other day I re-watched "Mississippi Burning" and cried, again.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 04:31 PM

Jul 2015

I realize the movie was a Hollywood-ized version of what happened, but it was still incredibly poignant. We cannot allow these atrocities to continue. What can I do on a personal level? I feel helpless.

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Sandra Bland Tried to Bail Herself Out Just Before Her Death in Police Custody: Bondsman [View all] KamaAina Jul 2015 OP

Fucking cops. Iggo Jul 2015 #1

What you said..... +1000! n/t Ghost in the Machine Jul 2015 #2

^^ this nt artislife Jul 2015 #8

kick and recommend samsingh Jul 2015 #13

That girl was murdered, plain and simple. Greybnk48 Jul 2015 #3

Pretty sure it will show that she hung to death lapfog_1 Jul 2015 #4

Ive read that there are videos of the hallway showing that nobody entered her cell Travis_0004 Jul 2015 #11

So you think the videos won't disappear? That's what happened in Chicago in a similar situation: mucifer Jul 2015 #18

i think that as well samsingh Jul 2015 #14

Based on what? Henryville Jul 2015 #16

Stephen Biko comes to mind...nt SidDithers Jul 2015 #5

sounds like a case for the Feds eh? Hello, D.C., you're wanted in Texas nt msongs Jul 2015 #6

Where is the U.S. Department of Justice on this? Maedhros Jul 2015 #7

The other day I re-watched "Mississippi Burning" and cried, again. Laffy Kat Jul 2015 #9

Apparently they are releasing dash cam footage very soon. bettyellen Jul 2015 #10

Trying to make good her escape, no doubt. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #12

I'm betting the independent autopsy shows she died from a concussion Vinca Jul 2015 #15

There needs to be a moratorium AwakeAtLast Jul 2015 #17