So many questions on what happened to Sandra Bland [View all]

[marym625]

These questions are mine and Dark n Stormy Knight's from this thread post. http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027009409 I am linking to it because there are a few videos that are important in the OP and articles, the Intercept in particular, that raise more questions.

Knight's questions:

Why did he go to the passenger side of her car at first? Maybe that's not unusual, but I've never seen it before. 

2. How does anyone not see the unnecessary power tripping of the cop in the following exchange? He is supposed to be the professional in this situation. 

TROOPER: "You OK?" 

BLAND: "I'm waiting on you. This is your job. I'm waiting on you. What do you want me to do?" 

TROOPER: "You seem very irritated." 

BLAND: "I am. I really am. Because of what I've been stopped and am getting a ticket for. I've been getting out of the way. You've been speeding up, so I move over and you stop me. So yeah, I am a little irritated. But that didn't stop you from giving me a ticket." 

TROOPER: "Are you done?" 

BLAND: "You asked me what was wrong and I told you. So now I'm done, yeah." 

TROOPER: "OK, OK." 

(Pause) 

TROOPER: "Do you mind putting out your cigarette, please?" 

BLAND: "I'm in my car. Why do I have to put out my cigarette?" 

TROOPER: "Well, you can step out now."



He prods her about why she's irritated. She speaks for approximately 10 seconds and he impatiently asks, "Are you done?," as if she's just gone on and on. Her response to this, that he asked and she told him, pisses him off. He suddenly finds her cigarette offensive. And when she asks why she can't smoke in her own car, he orders her out of the car. Just because she asked why. He is clearly feeling the need to flex his power muscles simply out of ego, not necessity. 

And of course, this is where things escalate. He clearly loses his cool in this moment, which causes her to lose respect for him. She cannot trust him to behave professionally. At first, she was irritated at being pulled over for such a minor, inconsequential infraction. Now she's fearful. It's not that hard to see why she'd be hesitant to get out of the car. She knows many people, particular PoC, have been injured or killed by angry cops. (I want to add that his question was asked to the first person we see that was pulled over, also an out of state person, but it was asked in a completely different tone. The first person he's laughing "are you okay? " like oh it's nothing to worry about. With Sandy Bland, it's obviously asked like a challenge.

3. It's bad enough the video resolution is so low, but why even have dash cams if the cop can just move the interaction out of the camera's line of sight? 

4. Does the cop have the legal authority to order a bystander who is recording the incident to leave for no clear reason? 

I added:

He sped up to catch up with her. You can see it happen and she had not changed lanes until he was already on her ass. Why did he chase her down? 

Why take her glasses off? I feel like he did that because he had every intention of smashing her head into the ground. 

Why didn't they get her any medical attention? She requested EMS. They not only didn't take her, they lied and said she didn't request any medical attention. 

If the pictures of the cell were taken immediately after her death, and nothing was touched, why is there a brand new trash bag liner in the gigantic can in her cell? Why is that can in her cell at all? 

Why is the video of the cell when EMS is called to her actually a video of the monitor and not what was recorded? Why is there a pause in the video and nothing showing what happened while we watch a freeze frame? You can see that the monitor is still being recorded but the recording of what is on the monitor is frozen for many seconds. Could be a full minute. What was going on then? I suspect a garbage can is being put into the cell. 

Why was she brutalized so badly that a leaf was still in a cut in her back? 

What happened when she asked how to use the phone an hour before she was murdered? 

Why is there no video that actually looks into the cell or at least a better look at the cell? I don't believe that's the only angle or camera. 

Why is the DoJ not involved? The FBI infiltrated BLM. They cannot be trusted in this anymore than the local police can be. 

Why is the trooper still working? He was so bad that police departments in the Chicago area are using the dashcam video as a training tape of what NOT to do. 

Why hasn't there been any admonishment for telling whoever got the video on their phone to leave and stop recording? 

Why was the first posted dashcam video altered? Why remove it if it wasn't?

Here's an article in Vice that shows some inconsistencies. They also have the video of the 9 minutes right before they took her lifeless body out of the cell..it's obviously a video of the monitor. That alone is suspicious to me.

https://news.vice.com/article/sandra-blands-arresting-officer-details-alleged-assault-before-her-arrest

Vice has more than a few articles on the "arrest" and death of Sandra Bland. They're worth the read.

This thing stinks to high heaven. The DoJ should be involved. There's no reason that they shouldn't be.

I want answers. What happened to Sandra Bland and why?