Video of Sandra Bland's arrest ignites firestorm of reactions

[ABX]

Anger over Sandra Bland's death in a Texas jail has boiled over after newly released video showed what happened at the traffic stop that led to her arrest.

Now, many question whether she should have been arrested at all.

The dashcam video shows Texas state Trooper Brian Encinia pulling Bland over July 10 for allegedly failing to use her turn signal. What started as normal conversation gets testy after Encinia asks her to put out her cigarette.

"I am in my car. I don't have to put out my cigarette," Bland said. ....


...Bland then exits the car of her own accord, saying: "Wow, really, for a failure to signal? You're doing all of this for a failure to signal?"

Much of what happens next is not seen on camera, but the officer can be heard saying Bland is not compliant.

"When you pull away from me, you're resisting arrest," says Encinia.

A clearly upset Bland can be heard saying: "You're a real man now. You just slammed me, knocked my head in the ground. I got epilepsy you mother******."

"Good," he replies.....

http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/22/us/texas-sandra-bland-arrest/index.html

[Oceander]

That cop is morally responsible for her death.

He instigated the stop - he intentionally tailgated her, at speed, forcing her to change lanes, and then pulled her over (almost certainly because she was out-of-state) - and then he provoked her into giving him any pretext whatsoever to arrest her - he already knew she was irritated, he goaded her about that, and then he gave her an order that he knew she would disobey - to put out her cigarette - and when she refused, he ordered her out of her car.

Let's be clear about that:  she did not voluntarily exit her car, she got out because she was ordered out.  And that order was the start of arrest - once the cop orders you to do something like get out of your car, and then pulls the door open when you refuse, you are in custody.  You are most definitely not free to leave.

That was a clear example of the daily abuse of power cops engage in all the time.  And that is why no cop can be trusted, period.  There was no way for this poor woman to know that she was dealing with an animal, an evil-doer, because he looked just like every other cop; the only way to minimize the risk of something similar happening to you is to simply distrust every cop you deal with, have as little to do with them as possible, and shun them the same way you would a leashed pit bull.

Apparently it is now a capital offense to be Smoking-While-Black in Texas.

[EdinVA]

That cop is morally responsible for her death.

He instigated the stop - he intentionally tailgated her, at speed, forcing her to change lanes, and then pulled her over (almost certainly because she was out-of-state) - and then he provoked her into giving him any pretext whatsoever to arrest her - he already knew she was irritated, he goaded her about that, and then he gave her an order that he knew she would disobey - to put out her cigarette - and when she refused, he ordered her out of her car.

Let's be clear about that:  she did not voluntarily exit her car, she got out because she was ordered out.  And that order was the start of arrest - once the cop orders you to do something like get out of your car, and then pulls the door open when you refuse, you are in custody.  You are most definitely not free to leave.

That was a clear example of the daily abuse of power cops engage in all the time.  And that is why no cop can be trusted, period.  There was no way for this poor woman to know that she was dealing with an animal, an evil-doer, because he looked just like every other cop; the only way to minimize the risk of something similar happening to you is to simply distrust every cop you deal with, have as little to do with them as possible, and shun them the same way you would a leashed pit bull.

Apparently it is now a capital offense to be Smoking-While-Black in Texas.

She died 3 days after the arrest in a jail cell... how can the arresting officer be responsible?
I do not understand the arrest but I am not in law enforcement either.

[EdinVA]

A Waller County sheriff’s official described a timeline for the jail cell of the woman, Sandra Bland, that started early in the morning of July 13, when she refused a breakfast tray around 6:30 a.m., until a jailer found her hanging shortly after 9 a.m. For about 90 minutes during that period, there was no movement by jail officials in the hallway leading to her cell, according to a video that the authorities released from a camera inside the jail.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/21/us/new-details-released-in-sandra-blands-death-in-texas-jail.html?_r=0

[NavyCanDo]

That cop is morally responsible for her death.

He instigated the stop - he intentionally tailgated her, at speed, forcing her to change lanes, and then pulled her over (almost certainly because she was out-of-state) - and then he provoked her into giving him any pretext whatsoever to arrest her - he already knew she was irritated, he goaded her about that, and then he gave her an order that he knew she would disobey - to put out her cigarette - and when she refused, he ordered her out of her car.

Let's be clear about that:  she did not voluntarily exit her car, she got out because she was ordered out.  And that order was the start of arrest - once the cop orders you to do something like get out of your car, and then pulls the door open when you refuse, you are in custody.  You are most definitely not free to leave.

That was a clear example of the daily abuse of power cops engage in all the time.  And that is why no cop can be trusted, period.  There was no way for this poor woman to know that she was dealing with an animal, an evil-doer, because he looked just like every other cop; the only way to minimize the risk of something similar happening to you is to simply distrust every cop you deal with, have as little to do with them as possible, and shun them the same way you would a leashed pit bull.

Apparently it is now a capital offense to be Smoking-While-Black in Texas.

You should be subpoenaed to testify, because apparently you know all the details of what happened, much more so than anybody involved in the investigation, including the press that would like nothing more than hang another cop.

Officers are supposed to take enforcement action on all observed violations. It leads to some major arrests. Wasn’t Timothy McVay stopped for a license plate violation? Serial killers Ted Bundy and Randy Kraft were also caught during routine traffic stops.  And she was not arrested for failing to use a turn signal. Her key mistake was refusing a lawful order to get out of the car.

[truth_seeker]

The officer is an bleep, but so are many cops. He did not murder her, he arrested her.

She was apparently mentally unstable, and the arrest and hold in jail set off her mental instability, and she committed suicide.

Two wrongs resulted in a tragedy.