TX - Sandra Bland, 28, found dead in jail cell, Waller County, 13 July 2015 #1

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Yes and yes again. The pro weed crowd will not accept this fact. Weed user violence stats have markedly increased in the last few years. I don't know if the SPLC reports such facts so it might fall on deaf ears.


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I can name a handful of recent "high profile" cases that had weed in their system and it was waved off as not relevant... someone else's fault. No accountability for self actions. JMHO
 
So does Prairie View A&M University doesn't do drug screens on employees?

She was not an employee yet. The original story was that she was 'offered' a new job at the University. But since she had just arrived in town that day I am not sure how far along in the process she was. Or how concrete the offer was. Was it contingent upon other things or was it set?
 
NO, I don't think so. I looked it up after I saw it in the med booking docs. The poster who responded with the price may be familiar with the drug. Dunno. I just know that there are meds which I should take, that I cannot afford having no prescription insurance. JMO

Very easy to find the price with one very quick google search.
 
"Because Pyle and Bland were not in the same cell, Pyle was unable to say if she knew when Bland made any phone calls, but Bland reportedly told her about them and her struggle to post bond.

"She said she kept on trying to call this one person that she moved in [with] here because she said she was from Chicago and ... she was like, ‘It’s just not answering. It's going straight to voicemail and I don’t know why, I don’t know why. He said he'd be here in an hour and its days later,’" Pyle said."

http://news.yahoo.com/sandra-bland-...w-inmate-160504075--abc-news-topstories.html#

Four days before she died, Sandra Bland was upbeat when she showed up at the home of longtime friend LaVaughn Mosley, and excited about a last-minute job interview.

After working a series of temporary jobs, Bland, 28, was interviewing for a community outreach job at her alma mater, a university near Mosley's home. She needed a place to store her things and freshen up.

Mosley, 57, waited for her to shower before seeing her off, Bland wearing a dark orange sleeveless dress and black pumps, her hair in short natural twists. He could see excitement in her eyes.......

Mosley would hear from his friend again the next night, calling from the jail in Waller County, where she'd been taken after arguing with an officer during a routine traffic stop. She'd been "roughed up," Bland told him. "She was going to pursue that officer who abused her," and she needed help finding a witness. She called and left a message the next day, telling him that her bond had been set.....

"She was talking about this job, waiting on this callback," Reed-Veal, who is a real estate broker, said of her daughter's interview for a job as a college outreach coordinator at her alma mater, Prairie View A&M, a historically black university.

"I know what my purpose is," she recalled Bland saying. "My purpose is to go back to Texas and stop all social injustice in the South."
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sandra-bland-20150722-story.html#page=1
 
She was not an employee yet. The original story was that she was 'offered' a new job at the University. But since she had just arrived in town that day I am not sure how far along in the process she was. Or how concrete the offer was. Was it contingent upon other things or was it set?

According to the friend she left the VM to( interesting article jmo) >>
July 15, 2015 10:07pm
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Mosley, 57, waited for her to shower before seeing her off, Bland wearing a dark orange sleeveless dress and black pumps, her hair in short natural twists. He could see excitement in her eyes.

"How do I look?" Bland asked, and Mosley replied, "Like you're getting the job!"

They laughed.

At 3 p.m., Bland called to tell him the good news: She was hired. She would begin work the next week. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sandra-bland-20150722-story.html#page=1
 
Glad to see that you are being biased and objective. Seriously, I feel awful for you because I was abused as a child too. Years of sexual abuse by an uncle. But I think it is kind of unfair to project that on to a police officer during a traffic stop. As the parent of an officer, I cannot begin to explain to you how much stress they are experiencing these days working with the public. This officer asked her politely if she wouldn't mind putting out her lit ciggie and she rudely refused. I think SHE was the one being rude and hostile at the start, not him.

BBM: Can't imagine. Maybe this officer doesn't belong in this job. IDK. Citizens are being done a disservice though because they are being led to believe they should challenge cops, IMO. The place to challenge them is in court. SB seems to have had a lot of contact with LE over the years. Beside the theft, possession charges, and 2 DUI (one dismissed), it is noted there are repeated traffic infractions. I haven't yet seen it defined what "repeated" consists of, but may have missed it. What is so hard when LE tells you to do something, just do it?
 
IMO it was very important in her life. She even made videos and or blogged about injustice. IMO

Refusing to put out a cigarette is not going to advance the cause of justice. Very skewed outlook and not helpful at all, IMO.
 
MAYA SCHENWAR: Right. She spent three days in the jail, injured. Clearly, police had severely injured her. We don’t know the very specifics of that, but we know she was slammed to the ground—the video shows she was severely injured—and then left in this jail cell. And I think that definitely highlights something about our county jail system, that people who are still innocent—they haven’t been proven guilty of anything—are left, you know, until they can post bail, which was actually going to happen on Monday. Sandra’s friends were about to post her bail. :thinking: http://www.democracynow.org/2015/7/17/outrage_grows_after_mysterious_death_of
 
BBM: Can't imagine. Maybe this officer doesn't belong in this job. IDK. Citizens are being done a disservice though because they are being led to believe they should challenge cops, IMO. The place to challenge them is in court. SB seems to have had a lot of contact with LE over the years. Beside the theft, possession charges, and 2 DUI (one dismissed), it is noted there are repeated traffic infractions. I haven't yet seen it defined what "repeated" consists of, but may have missed it. What is so hard when LE tells you to do something, just do it?

I have not read about her theft, possession. DUIs, traffic violations. Do you have links?
 
They spoke on the phone on Friday night at 10.25pm, Mosley said. Bland said she was slammed to the ground during the incident. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/17/sandra-bland-texas-protest-racial-tensions

So, she called her friend Mosley at least 3 times, 2 missed and when they spoke on Friday night...

LaVaughn Mosley says he hadn’t noticed the message and two missed calls Bland had placed from jail. In the recording, Bland says, “Hey, this is me. I’m, um—I just was able to see the judge. I don’t really know. They got me held at a $5,000 bond. I’m, I’m still just at a loss for words, honestly, about this whole process. How this switching lanes with no signal turned into all of this, I don’t know. Um, but I’m still here, so I guess call me back when you can. Bye.” http://time.com/3970823/sandra-bland-voicemail/
 
Sandra Bland Tried to Post Bail Before Allegedly Committing Suicide
She called a bondsman before she turned up dead in a Texas jail cell and also spoke of depression and PTSD.
Before she was found dead of apparent suicide in a Texas jail cell, Sandra Bland called a bail bondsman hoping to get out.

“I talked to her when she first went to jail,” Joe Booker of Hempstead told The Daily Beast on Thursday. “I called her mother for her.”

Booker then hung up and didn’t respond to further requests for comment. It would have cost friends or family $500 to bail out Bland, Captain Brian Cantrell of the Waller County Sheriff’s Office said. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...bail-before-allegedly-committing-suicide.html
 
I have not read about her theft, possession. DUIs, traffic violations. Do you have links?

I will find some. Just thought it was something widely known, but surprised it wasn't being discussed.

ETA: Someone has already posted that info.
 
I will find some. Just thought it was something widely known, but surprised it wasn't being discussed.

ETA: Someone has already posted that info.

sorry lol I had it bookmarked ;) Well, some dont want to discuss it, but its very relevant to me. Everything is at this point. JMHO
Appears that she made the same wrong choice multiple times. She would have had all her fines paid to get her DL renewed per that article I posted.

This was March 2014
March 8, 2014 – Approximately five days after her stop in Naperville, Bland was stopped by police in Lombard and charged with two counts of driving under the influence; speeding 15-20 mph over the speed limit; improper lane usage; disobeying a traffic control signal; failing to signal when changing lanes; :facepalm: driving on a suspended license, and operating an uninsured motor vehicle. The court found her guilty of one DUI charge, and all the other charges were dismissed. She received court supervision and was fined, and court records show that she still owes $3,132.00 in this case. (A spokesman with the Illinois Secretary of State’s office says Bland’s driver’s license was automatically suspended for six months – until November of 2014 – as a result of this DUI conviction.)

During that suspension – in May of 2014 – Naperville Police cited Bland for speeding 15-20 mph over the limit. According to the DuPage County court docket, Bland “fail[ed] to comply” in the case in June of 2014 and again in August of 2014, when the court ordered the Illinois Secretary of State to be notified. Records show a $45.00 balance due in this case, though a court spokesman says the actual amount owed is $165.00. The outcome in this case is not clear.

These notifications would have come up when Bland next tried to renew her license, according to the Illinois Secretary of State spokesman, and she would be required to pay all balances due.


Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/investiga...ters-With-Police-316025661.html#ixzz3gtpTzdlT
 
Suburban Woman Found Dead in Jail Had Previous Encounters With Police
Sandra Bland had at least 10 encounters herself with police in both Illinois and Texas in past years
By Katy Smyser


Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/investiga...ters-With-Police-316025661.html#ixzz3gtmhcINK

I have to say, that's just a terrible record. All the speeding, no insurance, not paying the fines, DUI. She was going to have her license suspended again and possibly a warrant issued. A dangerous driver for sure. That is a lot of contact with LE for the age of 26, IMO. I am 50 years old and have been pulled over twice for speeding. Once, I was very young and the trooper asked did I know how fast I was going and I told him. He said it was his birthday and he wasn't writing tickets today. Many years later, I was stopped but truly didn't believe I was speeding and said so politely. I didn't think my old car was capable of accelerating that fast from the stop sign. He did write a ticket but told me to just show up in court and it would be reduced to a non-points offense. And it was. I kind of got the idea that perhaps the radar device hadn't been calibrated recently. I guess my point is that it is normal to have had SOME contact with LE due to traffic infractions, but when it reaches a certain volume, maybe it's not THEM, it's YOU.
 
I don't believe that, but I guess you have a link?

Would you believe it if a Police Chief told it to you himself?

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ws sandra bland affidavit.JPGhttp://documents.latimes.com/sandra-bland-pc-affidavit-and-magistrate-orders/
 
I have to say, that's just a terrible record. All the speeding, no insurance, not paying the fines, DUI. She was going to have her license suspended again and possibly a warrant issued. A dangerous driver for sure. That is a lot of contact with LE for the age of 26, IMO. I am 50 years old and have been pulled over twice for speeding. Once, I was very young and the trooper asked did I know how fast I was going and I told him. He said it was his birthday and he wasn't writing tickets today. Many years later, I was stopped but truly didn't believe I was speeding and said so politely. I didn't think my old car was capable of accelerating that fast from the stop sign. He did write a ticket but told me to just show up in court and it would be reduced to a non-points offense. And it was. I kind of got the idea that perhaps the radar device hadn't been calibrated recently. I guess my point is that it is normal to have had SOME contact with LE due to traffic infractions, but when it reaches a certain volume, maybe it's not THEM, it's YOU.

Very much agree. And its a darn it they do /darn if they don't... something happens who do you call? 911.... accident, need to get a report ... who ya gotta call??? LEO. Only people that say they wouldn't I would question as to why? I still curious why they looked into her trunk multiple times. JMHO
 
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