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  5. Sandra Bland/Waller County

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    Posted · Edited by CougarCal

    Why are we reaching to find one person to "miss" something just to blame them instead of the person that screwed up? This amazes me......my 2nd cousin was shot in Alanta (23) because he was arguing with his gf and cops were called. He came downstairs with a gun, according to witnesses pointed it at him and then "raised it towards the officers".....he was killed.....and as much as I hate that, the blame lies with him even thinking about holding a gun around cops.......

    I used to have a completely different take on suicide.  My old thoughts were if you wanted to off yourself go ahead.  Then one Memorial Day I had to put on my dress whites and knocked on a fathers door and tell him his son was no longer with us.  It pained me to see that man play the voicemail his son left him the day before.  Well, after about 2 months, I used to stop by his house and have a coke with him, I let him know how this situation changed my outlook because I saw the other side.  Somebody somewhere could have helped this woman!  Family, the jailers, somebody! I know you said you would let your son sit in jail hippy, I respect your opinion but I couldn't do that!  Too many what ifs could happen in there.

  8. Sandra Bland/Waller County

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    ​Yeah, I guess we can disagree. I fail to see where "can you put the cigarette out" and "step out of your car" are out of line. 

    Another issue in this particular situation was once she was in jail, several opportunities were missed to identify her mental state.  Then I believe it has been determined that someone failed to follow the procedures when they didn't check on her in the correct time.  If you go back through this thread I have also stated that she was rude and argumentative at the beginning of the stop.  I don't think that is against the law though.

  11. Sandra Bland/Waller County

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    ​Does it really matter why an officer lawfully stops a person? Does it make you feel better if it had been speeding or rolling through a stop sign without coming to a complete stop? 

    Had she not killed herself and had gone to trial for assaulting the trooper, she might have been convicted of a 2nd degree felony and up to 20 years in prison. The lane change is a tiny crime. Assaulting an officer or resisting arrest because you don't like the officer's authority is not. 

    I am never sure why there is that need to challenge authority that sides almost completely with law enforcement. Unless the officer does nothing unlawful, the person has to comply or face legal consequences. I guess some people are the ones that disrupted class or generally want to throw temper tantrums just because. 

    I guess for some people it's just difficult to say when a guy with a badge is out of line.  I'm not a police hater, but if you don't think there are issues in our police force then I would have to disagree with you.  

  15. Sandra Bland/Waller County

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    Nope, I said do you make it a habit of not doing what an officer asks "when" you get pulled over.  

    I don't have any mental illness issues at the time so I do as asked, but everyone isn't quite so fortunate.  See I'll tell you a quick story, I have a son who is Autistic.  Sometimes he goes off for no reason.  It could be the slightest of things.  I pray to god some prick like this guy with a badge doesn't come across my sons path!  Zero compassion and understanding.

  16. Sandra Bland/Waller County

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    Try to, but if I were to get pulled over for that, I would conduct myself in a way that would not land me in jail.

    That's great, but you probably don't suffer from depression or have any mental issues.  Sometimes there is a bigger picture that some can't seem to grasp, but when some lunatic goes crazy and shoot up a theatre, a school, and a church we are quickly to talk about "mental illness".  Obviously this lady had something going on and that guy with a badge showed a lot of compassion!

  22. Sandra Bland/Waller County

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    No, she did not have to die in jail.  If she had done what the officer requested to start with, she probably would not have went to jail.  

    If, if, if he had handed her the ticket and said have a nice day ma'am, she wouldn't have died in jail either.  Guess he couldn't take te high road though.  But hey, he's got cushy desk job now.

  23. Sandra Bland/Waller County

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    Exactly, we don't know what discipline was for, so why try to correlate with this incident!  I don't understand the outrage shown towards this officer, he did NOT kill this woman.

    She killed herself(evidence says so), but in my humbled opinion that guy was over zealous and escalated the situation.  If he didn't do anything wrong he wouldn't have been reassigned.  This lady suffered from things that should have been discovered in the jail.  Nobody is perfect and she had her issues, but she shouldn't have died in a jail cell.

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