Discussion: Sandra Bland's Arresting Officer Was Warned About 'Unprofessional Conduct'

system1 · August 1, 2015, 2:20pm

Discussion for article #238982

leftflank · August 1, 2015, 4:00pm

You have to wonder if what the cops view of handling stress situations well is anything at all like the public’s.
From what we’ve been seeing, the cops think that harassing people over simple violations or no violation at all to the point of intimidating and angering the citizen, then shooting them to death for being angered is known as good policing.

This woman was wronged, unlawfully jailed for three days and wound up suspiciously dead. Unquestionable unprofessional conduct by the cop is only a small part of the totality of wrong and the subsequential mysterious death of Sandra Bland.

A full investigation will reveal much more, it always does.

jinmichigan · August 1, 2015, 4:04pm

I won’t hold my breath waiting for any substantive punishment for this guy.

dnl · August 1, 2015, 5:34pm

I read ‘somewhere’ that he’s been tapped for KKK GrandKleagle Medal of Diss-honor of Waller County.

bigtext · August 1, 2015, 5:47pm

Let’s be honest. For many human beings, maintaining the will to live in this often cruel world is the biggest challenge on a daily basis. At the wrong time, something that might later seem to be a minor incident can send us over the edge. What happened to Sandra Bland was not a minor incident. She went from being a reasonably happy young woman newly hired at her alma mater to being treated like the scum of the earth. Telling someone struggling with PTSD and depression that “I will light you up” is to revisit trauma and to make them feel hated and unworthy of life. Ms. Bland bravely made it through three days of jail in a bleak, cold, soul-killing cell. Perhaps someone offered her a toke off a refer to help her bear up under her lonely ordeal. God bless that person for such a kindness! At the end of the day, her struggle to maintain her own life is over. The woman named Sandra Bland is forever lost on the sweet stream of self-forgetfulness. All because of a turn signal.

cessnadriver · August 1, 2015, 7:21pm

“Well-liked” means “a-hole”.

bluinmaine · August 2, 2015, 8:01pm

This guy keeps this up and he will become more famous. He just might stop somebody that will not take his crap and settle it right there. Then he can be classified as a Hero.
Karma’s a bitch and he earned this one.