Sandra Bland Was Murdered

[JDPriestly]

67. As I understand it, she was prone to depression and then left alone in a cell for

periods of time.

We'd call it murder if a kidnapping victim died of fright during the job. Of course it's not legally the same thing, but a woman dying of depression during an illegal detention should be the same kind of crime. It's especially true given our long and sordid history of overpolicing misdemeanors.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/sandra-bland-was-murdered-20150724?page=3

Her solitary situation and difficulty raising her bail may have triggered her depression.

It may be that legally the town is free from much liability, but morally, this was a terrible wrong.

If you got to see the video, the officer became angry at her over nothing, nothing at all other than she was upset at being stopped. He dragged her out of the car, she walked upright facing the camera, and then he shoved her to the side out of the range of the camera. I think a jury might decide that he shove her tot he side in order to cause her pain in some way. When out of the view of the camera, Sandra Bland described what was being done to her in clear and compelling language. The officer hurt her wrists. He threw her down. And why was all this done out of the view of the camera when there was room on the street? Because, the officer explained, he wanted to get her so she would be on the grass. I may remember it incorrectly, but I think he said so that her head would be on the grass. That may be incorrect, but from his description of his thinking prior to forcing Sandra out of the sight of the camera, it is clear he planned to abuse her in some way.

Excessive force and an unwarranted arrest. That's my opinion.

Plust her death even if by suicide may have been due to her isolation and her feeling of hopelessness in that jail cell. And for a lane change?????

On that road with next to no traffic?

That's harassment by a law enforcement officer. I hope that other officers note that the little pleasure you get from pushing someone around might come back on you. He should, at the very least, lose his job and be barred from law enforcement for the rest of his life. He was mean. Not fit to be a cop.