Politicians who are bought by those corporations and by police unions.
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But Gay also says that cases like that of Sandra Bland are about more than attitude. All of these things have been used to attack police officers “in the history of this land”. (By the way, to my knowledge she had never received a formal diagnosis for such a disorder.) Bland would have had to consume a substantial amount of marijuana for this conjecture to be plausible. Sandra Bland was unnecessarily stopped for a minor traffic infraction that would only result in a ticket in jurisdictions where revenue generation or harassment of a particular community (e.g., the Black community) is a priority.
When she responded by asking why she had “to put out my cigarette”, Encinia ordered her to get out of the auto.
I wish Bland had put out that cigarette. Authorities said she indicated she had entertained ideas of suicide following a miscarriage in 2014, but she did not report feeling suicidal after being booked in jail.
“In Prisons, it is not at all uncommon to find a prisoner hanged or burned to death in his cell”. “I do think that what has been an important part of the debate in Ms. Bland’s death has been the discussions that we have seen from community members and police leaders alike about the importance of training and deescalating incidents”, Lynch said. “But since they are not doing it in this case, it’s up to the people to do it”.
What’s wrong with saying “All Lives Matter?”
During an interview Monday (July 27) with a former NYPD officer John Rafferty, Elisabeth Hasselbeck suggested Sandra Bland may have been asked to step out of her vehicle during a routine traffic stop, after not putting her cigarette out because it could’ve been used as a weapon.
Even Jenkins, as someone who studies police and talks about the hard realities they face, says he feels deflated. “That does not make her a freaking racist”. She ended one call and made another. For evidence, do a Google search of “black unarmed killed by police” and see what the World Wide Web belches up about our worldwide terror. Dashcam video from the officer shows that Bland was annoyed and irritated about being pulled over for failing to signal, just as most of us would have been under similar circumstances, especially if you are Black. Even when we’re screaming with our questions.
The arrest video of Sandra Bland hit a nerve. Really mad. I sat down to gather my thoughts to share with you, and started crying.
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In the end, we had only a traffic court judge to answer to. Not everyone has the same ability to stand up for their rights or the rights of others. Arrested, truly, for being a black woman who was speaking up for herself. “It proclaims that Sandra Bland’s life does not matter underneath of #AllLivesMatter”, he added. But just because they shouldn’t be respected doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be feared. We understand that we are often dealing with violent thugs who have no qualms about committing crimes against us.
