Sandra Bland

[marciaenglish]

I think it was just a shame.  Even if the officer had nothing to do with her death, the video makes him look really bad.

[tantricia44]

I think it wasn't suicide but an inside murder probably by the accused cop!

[lvstephanie]

I can't say for sure but if marijuana was the issue, surely it would have been tested for prior to her death. Was she? And if so was it a large amount consistent with her smoking in the car or a negligible amount? If the latter, it's safe to say he's nothing but a thug in uniform like most of them. Her refusing to put out her cigarette upset some power complex he had so he decided to arrest her to reestablish dominance. He just used that horrific Texas resisting arrest law to make it happen.

Note: I know the concentration was high after the fact but its possible for THC concentration in the blood to be higher than before she died. Not being an "amateur scientist" here lol but relaying what toxicology experts have said on that.

Good point. She was never tested prior to her death (again, if the cop was suspicious of that, why not test her as soon as she was brought in), so like you've said it's difficult to ascertain what levels she had in her blood while she was driving. Some toxicologists have said the elevated levels were still high enough to assume that she had smoked / ingested some marijuana prior to being arrested (like within minutes to hours after her arrest) but again nothing substantial could be gained from the toxicology reports aside from the fact that she did have high levels in her blood after her death.

[cateyes1]

I wonder if they ever found anything in the search of the car

[Tresbn00]

I do not know why anyone would even begin to point the fault at anyone but Sandra Bland. Bland had a history of depression and legal run-ins with several thousand dollars in legal bills hanging over her head. Marijuana is legal in Colorado-not in Texas and certainly not when you are driving. Her autopsy showed that she had three times the amount of THC in her system that would be allowable in Colorado for operating a motor vehicle. The police officer asked her to put her cigarette out (cigarettes are often used to mask marijuana) and she refused and became belligerent. Bland had expressed depression in the past. Her entire family snubbed her attempts to raise bail but seemed to care once she passed away. The media is doing nothing but race baiting when they avoid facts like her THC levels but point out that the police officer had gotten reprimanded for unbecoming behavior a year earlier. I would find it hard to believe that every cop doesn't have some skeleton in his closet. And everyone turns this into a racist issue but fails to mention that the police officer was Hispanic.

[vg7405]

Perhaps the circumstances would not have changed, however she should have listened to the police officer who pulled her over. If she said, she probably would not have spent time in jail (and leading to her controversial death).

[holmesch22]

That was a sad situation she did not have to loose her life over what the officer said was wrong with light on her car
she did every thing right she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time the officer was having a bad and Sandra got caught in the line of fire because the officer was not being nice at all

[nannycoe1]

I don't think she killed herself. 
I don't know what happened, but the garbage bag was part of a cover-up.

And no matter where or how she died, it's on the cop that arrested her.
She shouldn't have been in jail in the first place.

I agree I think it had something to do with the jailers, not killing herself