[Teacher317]

She had had at least ten previous encounters with police in Illinois and Texas, and owed $7,579 in fines.

Irrelevant. She was pulled over for failing to signal a lane change. The officer escalated the situation repeatedly, resulting in an arrest... over a lack of a turn signal. Within a day, she was dead. I don't care about her past. I don't care about the color of the skin of those involved. The stop was petty. The arrest was incompetent and unjust. Her death was unconscionable. I do not know the cause of her death, but it seems very unlikely that she killed herself, which means the police are lying and covering up a murder. I doubt I would have liked Sandra or her politics... but in this case, her past and her personality are irrelevant. I believe the police in this instance were incompetent, and likely criminal.

[Jane Long]

Her death was unconscionable. I do not know the cause of her death, but it seems very unlikely that she killed herself, which means the police are lying and covering up a murder.

No need for an investigation, or subsequent trial(s) by jury, on this. Sounds like you've got it all figured out. /s

[kiryandil]

Irrelevant. She was pulled over for failing to signal a lane change. The officer escalated the situation repeatedly, resulting in an arrest... over a lack of a turn signal. Within a day, she was dead. I don't care about her past. I don't care about the color of the skin of those involved. The stop was petty. The arrest was incompetent and unjust. Her death was unconscionable.

If you watch the full video, you see the Texas state trooper, on a college campus, pulling over two young women, one of which is Sandra Bland.

To pull over Bland, he spins a U-ey, then zooms up behind her, as if he's on his way to a call. He then tails her till he forces her traffic error, then pops his lights.

She actually says to him that she was just trying to get out of his way.

Given all the different laws they have now about impeding police, and moving over to avoid police by the side of the road, it's understandable to be unsure of whether you're doing the correct thing when they're around.

I'm beginning to think that I might start my own little protest, by just pulling over when one of the multitudes of shiny police cars comes into view, and getting out and pretending to make a cell phone call.

Since our Blue & Brown masters are somewhat allergic to cell phones these days, maybe it will act as repellent. :)

[humblegunner]

I do not know the cause of her death

She hanged herself with a trash bag.

[Ditter]

The reports I heard said she *first ran a stop sign then she made a *left turn without a signal . If an officer sees you run a stop sign they will pull you over. Then it is in your best interest to be polite and do what he asks you to do. If he says get out of your car, you just do it. I heard her argue with the officer, that will get you into a jail cell.

[SoFloFreeper]

So you don’t know how she died but you seem to KNOW the cop is a criminal.

Amazing.