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In reply to the discussion: Sandra Bland Was Murdered [View all]cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)98. Oh I agree its a travesty, hopefully the cop wont be a cop after this though.
As for jail personal, if they didnt provide her meds to her ya they dropped the ball and she wouldnt be the first person in jail who died because they were not provided their medication.
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Yes. No matter what the actual cause of death is, Sandra was murdered by the System. n/t
djean111
Jul 2015
#1
Bland was on her way to a new job at Prairie A&M university when she was pulled over for failing to
Sunlei
Jul 2015
#4
The complete video shows him turning around and speeding like mad to catch up to her.
DhhD
Jul 2015
#102
No I would not expect that to happen because the odds of that are statistically low.
cstanleytech
Jul 2015
#62
If that the the sole reason she was arrested, No. Was that the sole reason she was arrested? No.
cstanleytech
Jul 2015
#73
If Bland was "arrested for resisting arrest" then the arrest came first or there
Uncle Joe
Jul 2015
#93
She didnt have sit for 3 days if she bonded out which makes me wonder why her parents did
cstanleytech
Jul 2015
#96
Oh I agree its a travesty, hopefully the cop wont be a cop after this though.
cstanleytech
Jul 2015
#98
As I understand it, she was prone to depression and then left alone in a cell for
JDPriestly
Jul 2015
#67
"Excessive force and an unwarranted arrest. That's my opinion." I agree there.
cstanleytech
Jul 2015
#74
On a practical level, you are right, but actually, she did not resist a lawful arrest.
JDPriestly
Jul 2015
#85
Not disagreeing you with but the proper place to argue about isnt when the cop has you pulled over
cstanleytech
Jul 2015
#88
I really hate to think of whatever your point is here. Dare you explain it? nm
rhett o rick
Jul 2015
#86
"We'd call it murder if a kidnapping victim died of fright during the job...
Faryn Balyncd
Jul 2015
#5
This is the discussion. Apparently you see a rape kit when they go to pick up the body.
vaberella
Jul 2015
#60
One would have thought that one of the women in nearby cells would have heard that.
WillowTree
Jul 2015
#90
I strongly suspect a jail cell execution for being uppity and as such less trouble dead than alive.
TheKentuckian
Jul 2015
#10
anyone know if that particular jail has the rule, no laying on the bed during day hours?
Sunlei
Jul 2015
#15
Failure to use a turn signal? Smoking whilst in your vehicle? "Smart mouth"?
TheKentuckian
Jul 2015
#36
How was Sandra Bland "resisting him"? Your whole logic train falls off the rails right at that spot.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#54
I was trying to come up with a better word, and that was a poor choice
passiveporcupine
Jul 2015
#56
Same spot, same train wreck a second time. The cop had no "legal right" to "ask" Bland to put out a smoke.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#58
Nonsense. Deflective. The cop was loaded for bear, loaded for teaching an uppity black woman how
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#84
Totally agree with every word and paragraph of Roxane Gay's blog post at NYT, from the experience of a black person.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#51
Sandra Bland was illegally detained and held captive. She died in captivity. It is murder and it is
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#25
Civil consequence are not enough, because black lives matter, because it will be white lives next.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#37
No need to particularize the issue so finely, because kidnappers are legally 100% liable for any harm.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#41
Nonsense, that is a distortion of the plain reality of the video evidence - one too many Uppitys.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#38
Nonsense, that is a deflection from the stark video reality of a cop loaded for bear on a uppity
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#39
A few more generations can worry about it then, but the worry is now. The solution is better law.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#42
I am agreeing with you, could this be one of the signs of the apocalypse? nt
cstanleytech
Jul 2015
#76
"There was no reason whatsoever for that cop to pull her over" Its more accurate to say that
cstanleytech
Jul 2015
#100
Please inform yourself of the detailed FACTS of the arrest, they are important to comprehension.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#103
Inform YOURSELF of the facts. I just said that. Why do I have to keep repeating myself around here?
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#105
If you mean watch video I did, it didnt look she turned on signal to me then again I am on
cstanleytech
Jul 2015
#106