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Video starts w/ cop already illegally inside her car. Shes calm. Asks “Why am I being apprehended.” Then he pulls out stun gun. Points it at her face. “GET OUT OF THE CAR.” She complies. 3 days later she was dead. All for failure to signal. They kept her video hidden for 4 years.
Then the video stops abruptly. What happened over course of next 72 hours. Trying to imagine level of desperation & violence inflicted on her. If law enforcement was this aggressive on a public roadway, what did they do to her behind precinct walls?
Note: Sandra Bland did everything right & legal. She knew her rights. She calmly questioned the officer about the legality of his actions. Informed him he was being recorded. She breathed life into the First, Fourth, & Fifth Amendments. And they took her life for doing so.
The reality I hear from those I serve everyday, but a feeling I can not possibly claim to understand (and I always acknowledge as much) is that Black people are forced to live life defensively, in fear, imprisoned no matter what by the possibility that...
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