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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts) Wed Dec 23, 2015, 01:18 PM Dec 2015

TYT: Who Murdered Sandra Bland? We'll Never Find Out. NO INDICTMENT!

There were many people who were outraged by the death of Sandra Bland, she was found dead three days after being arrested during a traffic stop. Today a grand jury decided there will be no indictments of any of police officers allegedly involved in her death. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks breaks it down.

Read more here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/22/us/grand-jury-finds-no-felony-committed-by-jailers-in-death-of-sandra-bland.html

"Grand jurors in Texas declined on Monday to indict anyone in connection to the July death of a Chicago-area woman, Sandra Bland, who was found hanged in her cell at the Waller County jail, one of the special prosecutors assigned to the case said.

But Darrell Jordan, the special prosecutor, said that “the case is still open,” and that grand jurors would reconvene next month to discuss other aspects of it.

Many activists have called for charges against Brian Encinia, the Texas state trooper who arrested Ms. Bland after a routine traffic stop in Prairie View, northwest of Houston, turned contentious. Mr. Jordan said Monday’s decision not to indict anyone related only to Ms. Bland’s death and to the conduct of the jail staff."

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TYT: Who Murdered Sandra Bland? We'll Never Find Out. NO INDICTMENT! (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2015 OP

angry k and r niyad Dec 2015 #1

........ daleanime Dec 2015 #2

Sandra Bland should be celebrating the chervilant Dec 2015 #3

It just keeps on giving chapdrum Dec 2015 #4

THIS COUNTRY... yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #5

Her Crime? Having an attitude while Black zebonaut Dec 2015 #6

kr for SANDRA saturnsring Dec 2015 #7

IMO the cop who arrested her in the first place for a petty jwirr Dec 2015 #8

Any death in police custody PADemD Dec 2015 #9

K&R. More than one indictment should have been made. Cop who arrested her plus Overseas Dec 2015 #10

Maybe not popular to say, but there is no evidence that she was murdered. Suicide IS a possibility. Lil Missy Dec 2015 #11

Show me a psychiatrist's report that says she was suicidal before she was arrested, & we'll talk WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2015 #12

That doesn't mean anything - it doesn't mean she wasn't suicidal after being jailed. Lil Missy Dec 2015 #13

niyad

(113,371 posts)

1. angry k and r

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Wed Dec 23, 2015, 01:19 PM

Dec 2015

daleanime

(17,796 posts)

2. ........

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Wed Dec 23, 2015, 01:25 PM

Dec 2015

chervilant

(8,267 posts)

3. Sandra Bland should be celebrating the

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Wed Dec 23, 2015, 01:58 PM

Dec 2015

holidays with her family.

SOMEONE is responsible for this woman's murder, and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

chapdrum

(930 posts)

4. It just keeps on giving

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Wed Dec 23, 2015, 01:58 PM

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American Exceptionalism.

yuiyoshida

(41,832 posts)

5. THIS COUNTRY...

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Wed Dec 23, 2015, 02:09 PM

Dec 2015

zebonaut

(3,688 posts)

6. Her Crime? Having an attitude while Black

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Wed Dec 23, 2015, 02:19 PM

Dec 2015

saturnsring

(1,832 posts)

7. kr for SANDRA

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Wed Dec 23, 2015, 02:22 PM

Dec 2015

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

8. IMO the cop who arrested her in the first place for a petty

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Wed Dec 23, 2015, 02:32 PM

Dec 2015

crime that called for nothing more than a ticket. I do not know what happened inside that jail but we do know what sent her there.

PADemD

(4,482 posts)

9. Any death in police custody

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Wed Dec 23, 2015, 05:00 PM

Dec 2015

IMO, any death in police custody should automatically go to trial in federal court, no grand jury.

Overseas

(12,121 posts)

10. K&R. More than one indictment should have been made. Cop who arrested her plus

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Wed Dec 23, 2015, 05:49 PM

Dec 2015

cops at police station who saw a woman brought in to jail on a mere traffic violation whose head had been slammed into the ground and didn't report their fellow officer for excessive use of force. And if they were too afraid of their fellow hothead officer, they should at least have looked out for his victim very carefully.

And the reason I most want the cop who arrested her indicted is that she pulled over without signalling because his car was driving fast behind her and she wanted to let them pass.

It almost seems like the officer was looking for a fight. He should at least have been fired immediately.

Lil Missy

(17,865 posts)

11. Maybe not popular to say, but there is no evidence that she was murdered. Suicide IS a possibility.

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Thu Dec 24, 2015, 04:23 AM

Dec 2015

It's just not enough to convict someone on "a feeling".

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)

12. Show me a psychiatrist's report that says she was suicidal before she was arrested, & we'll talk

Reply to Lil Missy (Reply #11)

Thu Dec 24, 2015, 01:26 PM

Dec 2015

Otherwise your suggestion is that the incarceration was sufficiently horrible that she was driven to it in a matter of days- In which case I still blame the cops.

Lil Missy

(17,865 posts)

13. That doesn't mean anything - it doesn't mean she wasn't suicidal after being jailed.

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 24, 2015, 08:28 PM

Dec 2015

I'm not arguing that it IS DEFINATELY suicide. I'm just sayin there was no "Evidence" that she was murdered either. Which is also not proof that she wasn't murdered. At any rate, it would be impossible to get a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt. And I can agree the traffic stop was questionable, but it does not rise to the level of murder.

I'm sure you would require a higher standard of evidence if she were on trial for murdering the cop.

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