Sandra Bland Died Over A Cigarette
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The politically-charged death of activist Sandra Bland while in police custody took yet another disturbing turn when dashcam video of her arrest was released by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Bland was pulled over on July 10 for failing to signal a lane change, and the traffic stop escalated into a forcible arrest. On July 13, Bland was found dead in her cell at the Waller County Jail, allegedly hung by a plastic bag. Thanks to an aggressive social media campaign and the suspicions of her family, Bland’s death is now under investigation.
However the investigation of her death turns out, it is worth noting, from the start, that every suspicion people have about Sandra Bland’s alleged suicide is warranted. It was warranted when cellphone video emerged featuring the use of force during Sandra Bland’s arrest, it was warranted because she was a #BlackLivesMatter activist, and it was warranted because, as her family has pointed out, Sandra Bland was starting a new life and a new job.
With the release of this dashcam footage, all of those suspicions are amplified by the obvious discrepancies between Texas state trooper Brian Encinia’s arrest report and what happens in the video, and by the fact that the video itself was rather obviously and poorly edited.
Here’s the full video of Sandra Bland’s traffic stop…READ MORE
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