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Former jailer admitted falsifying log in Sandra Bland's death, lawyer says (Original Post) kpete Jul 2016 OP
Modern Day Lynching of black people HipChick Jul 2016 #1
All I know is this heaven05 Jul 2016 #3
This... HipChick Jul 2016 #4
+1,000 malaise Jul 2016 #5
It's not so much of a stretch of the imagination... TipTok Jul 2016 #7
I am not surprised at this response heaven05 Jul 2016 #9
I feel like a statement like that should finish up with something like... TipTok Jul 2016 #10
could she have been heaven05 Jul 2016 #11
I'm just asking what your evidence is.... TipTok Jul 2016 #12
my evidence is heaven05 Jul 2016 #14
So in summary... TipTok Jul 2016 #15
as a person living in the real world heaven05 Jul 2016 #16
Hopefully if you ever get called for jury duty... TipTok Jul 2016 #18
Your bubble wrap is bemusing. LanternWaste Jul 2016 #17
Not surprised. I wonder what else was falsified. nt DLevine Jul 2016 #2
Somebody murdered that women. Rex Jul 2016 #6
He needs to go to fucking jail. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2016 #8
She never should have been arrested in the first place. DLevine Jul 2016 #13
 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
3. All I know is this
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 10:10 AM
Jul 2016

it was a lynching of a young, vital black woman who was only where she was because her future and maybe her lifelong career was there. These racist bastards took that from her and are walking free today. This murder, along with many, in every part of this country has destroyed my faith in people doing the right thing or even having the political will(the majority) and social power and will(the majority) to do the same. It is plain as day, racism would be a thing of the past IF the majority of decent, law abiding WHITE citizens(the majority) stood up and said NO MORE!!!!!!

 

TipTok

(2,474 posts)
7. It's not so much of a stretch of the imagination...
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 01:13 PM
Jul 2016

... that a person who had attempted suicide in the past and had been cutting on themselves would treat an emotional event like this as the last straw.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
9. I am not surprised at this response
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 07:08 PM
Jul 2016

almost every murder of innocent unarmed POC is met with some kind of explanation, of which are many and varied, here that has been used to free all these murderers to do this again. Okay on yours.....I just don't believe that this woman took her own life. Think what you please, you have to live with your rationale, not me.

 

TipTok

(2,474 posts)
10. I feel like a statement like that should finish up with something like...
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 01:17 AM
Jul 2016

I don't believe it because.... something something.

Also, a casual google search shows that the family had their own autopsy done after the first one showed no sign of a struggle or signs of foul play but they never released the results of their personal autopsy.

Any thoughts?

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
11. could she have been
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 08:22 AM
Jul 2016

Last edited Sun Jul 24, 2016, 12:07 PM - Edit history (1)

rendered unconscious somehow, hence no struggle? Look you can explain away and intimate that since the family didn't release any autopsy result Ms. Bland took her own life yet just like the last two years, no one, except the most blatant murderer in blue has been indicted. Believe what you must, apologize for who you must, I know in my heart, in knowing the racist heart of America, Sandra Bland was murdered by violent, hateful racists fearful of any POC that speaks up in their own defense tocontradict the perceived power and control of white racists that arrested her for nothing. This time it was an 'improper lane change'.

America, just like those young people, black and white, walking around the streets today, your underwear is showing and they are soiled. America's heart is dark. Always has been when it comes to white supremacy and POC. Disgusting and filthy people who murder wantonly and 99% of the time walk free. Now that they have their true fuhrer, donald trump to lead them, good luck Amerikkka. Sandra Bland was murdered.

 

TipTok

(2,474 posts)
12. I'm just asking what your evidence is....
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 01:38 PM
Jul 2016

The police have released motion cameras video for the time preceding her death...

An autopsy that shows no sign of foul play and an unreleased autopsy done by the family... Why wouldn't they release it if it showed anything different?

A documented history of self harm and suicide attempts...

A prisoner from an adjoining cell who told the media that Bland seemed "sort of distraught," was very emotional, and was crying frequently. Pyle, who spoke to Bland through a tiny chute, said Bland was upset that her friend had not come to bail her out. Pyle stated that she never heard any loud noise or commotion that would indicate foul play in Bland's death

Right now, it sound like you think she was murdered despite the evidence and not because of it.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
14. my evidence is
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 09:50 PM
Jul 2016

generations of racist white people killing black people for demanding to be treated equal. You can believe what you please about the murder of Ms. Bland. White people are pretty slick in getting the victim looking like the perpetrator. I have no more time for your type of diminishing comments. Your proof is what you need, have had it.

 

TipTok

(2,474 posts)
15. So in summary...
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 12:36 AM
Jul 2016

She was black, therefore she must have been murdered by whites....

Setting aside all physical evidence to the contrary....

That about wrap it up?

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
16. as a person living in the real world
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 08:43 AM
Jul 2016

in real time, yes. Hey I'm not faulting you for where you are at this current time in history. Many are in the same place. May your rose colored world never be shattered.

 

TipTok

(2,474 posts)
18. Hopefully if you ever get called for jury duty...
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 10:55 AM
Jul 2016

... you'll be honest about your preference for feelings over evidence.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
17. Your bubble wrap is bemusing.
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 09:21 AM
Jul 2016

Your bubble wrap is almost as bemusing as your initial rationalization.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
6. Somebody murdered that women.
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 01:04 PM
Jul 2016

I refuse to believe it was a suicide, she had everything going for her. I remember reading she is not the first person to be found mysteriously hanging in a jail cell at that particular holding facility.

 

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
8. He needs to go to fucking jail.
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 01:19 PM
Jul 2016

And new laws need to be written that increase the severity of punishment for a crime committed by anyone working within the law enforcement "industry".

DLevine

(1,788 posts)
13. She never should have been arrested in the first place.
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 02:07 PM
Jul 2016

If the illegal arrest had never taken place, she would probably still be alive.

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