news/nation/2015/07/17/texas-jailed-woman-suicide-sandra-bland/30284367/
Sandra Bland, 28, was arrested July 10, and after spending the weekend in the Waller County jail, she was found hanged in her cell Monday. Harris County's medical examiner said the death was a suicide, but Bland's family disputes the finding.
The FBI has joined the Texas Rangers in investigating the circumstances surrounding her death. The state Public Safety Department and Waller County district attorney have requested that the FBI conduct a forensic analysis on video footage from the incident.
That is coming from the DOJ. See how quickly it happened? No protests, no grand jury, no citizens facing down armored trucks . . .
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/7/18/black-lives-matter-disrupts-martin-omalley-bernie-sanders-event.html
Ashley Yates, a St. Louis, Missouri activist affiliated with Black Lives Matter, told Al Jazeera the protest was partially intended to draw attention to cases like that of Sandra Bland, a young black woman who was found dead in police custody earlier this week in Texas.
“We’re doing what we’ve been doing for the past 10 months, especially standing up for black life, but today with a real focus on black women — Sandra Bland, and saying her name,” said Yates. “And we’re bringing it to the presidential candidates. They claim to represent all of America, but then we get up there and you see that when they’re pressured on issues that are specifically black, they fumble."
Can we stop talking about co opting and START blaming the Police Man in Texas who started this by being a massive ass wipe? Want to be angry or upset or disappointed?
Get pissed at him. If he had been doing the right thing Ms. Bland would still be alive and we wouldn't be having this discussion at DU.
The evil people are te police officers and private citizens (Zimpig) who have been getting away with murder.
You would think that Police Department would have had enough common sense to have shut down their culture of inflicting sick pain on black people in light of what's been exploding the past few years.
They are worthless. Absolutely worthless - because if you are engaging in this behavior at this time you don't get to play wide eyed and innocent - it's assumed among the black community you are in the wrong and did the wrong thing and we will "shut it down" every single time until these "thugs" learn they "will not always get away with it".
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