Discussion for article #238516
Even if this young woman suffered from depression and PTSD, this death shows that our police facilities are not responding adequately to mental health issues for anyone they incarcerate. This is really unacceptable in a modern society that we pretend we are here in America.
Revisions in police and jail and court procedures are required. All of these tragedies are revealing failures in police procedures. Death and injury are resulting and it is simply not acceptable. Not. Acceptable.
A witness reported that he observed “the police stop Sandra Bland, pull her from the car and actually slam her down to the ground.”
Sandra Bland was an unarmed non-threatening young woman who made a move from one lane to the next without using her car blinker.
One could question whether or not she suffered brain damage since she could be heard on the video complaining she "could not hear as a result of having her head slammed on the ground." She could have suffered from eternal bleeding. We, also, do not know if the abuse triggered irrational behavior.
The major point is: Sandra Bland, a 28 year-old woman. is dead as a result of a “routine” traffic stop and/or the unspoken racism so intrically woven within the mindset of white police.
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