Anonymous
07/22/2015 06:20
Subject: Woman moves from Illinois to Texas and ends up dead in jail cell
In my opinion, I think the cop was an asshole to begin with. He really didn't need to write a ticket for failure to signal. If he was going to give a warning, he should have said that when he asked her to sign instead of demanding. But he didn't. And she should have just signed instead of talking back. But she didn't.
He then used his authority to rough house her and tell her to put out her cigarette and demand her to get out of car. He should have just asked her to sign and been done.
But I still believe: Don't run, don't fight = don't die.
I'm truly sorry for the loss of her life and her families loss. Very sad!
He then used his authority to rough house her and tell her to put out her cigarette and demand her to get out of car. He should have just asked her to sign and been done.
But I still believe: Don't run, don't fight = don't die.
I'm truly sorry for the loss of her life and her families loss. Very sad!
Anonymous
07/22/2015 01:36
Subject: Woman moves from Illinois to Texas and ends up dead in jail cell
how do you hang yourself in jail? Did she have a belt? Don't they strip you down and make you wear orange jump suit in jail do you can't harm yourself?
Anonymous
07/22/2015 01:34
Subject: Woman moves from Illinois to Texas and ends up dead in jail cell
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:From the Houston Chronicle article:
In Harris County, she was arrested in May 2010. Harris County court records show she was charged with driving under the influence and for possessing a small amount of marijuana. The DWI charge was later dismissed and she spent 30 days in jail for the possession charge. She was also charged in 2009 with possessing drug paraphernalia, for which she received a deferred adjudication.
On her Facebook page, Bland posted several photos and videos about her experiences and the struggle African-Americans face dealing with racism. In one posted in March 2015, she discussed struggling with depression and post traumatic stress.
Seems she was a troubled woman with a history of substance abuse. But yeah, keep speculating about TX and officers....
She smoked pot and she was mad about racism? That's your evidence? I literally cannot believe you'd bring the stuff about posting about racism to this thread, and then try to link it to her being "troubled." Yes, being a PoC in the United States is stressful. Racism is stressful. Knowing that you could get pulled over and murdered in jail is stressful. That doesn't make her troubled. It makes her someone who was paying attention.
LOL - are you serious? SHE is the one who discussed HER OWN depressing and said she had PTSD. She had multiple drug arrests. I'd say that's a troubled individual.
She was arrested twice on drug-related charges. The first time she was charged with having drug "paraphernalia", which for all we know could've been a freaking bong, not actual drugs. The second time, she was in possession of a small amount of pot. These incidents occurred 5-6 years ago, when she was in her early 20s. So basically all we know from her criminal history is that she is someone who smoked pot (& drank) years ago when she was 22-23 years old, a description that fits about half of the (very functional) adults I know.
And more than half the adults who read DCUM. They simply got away with the crime by not doing their time.
Her posts about depression were recent.
I take drug arrests, even minor ones, seriously. My brother had 'minor' drug arrests back in his early 20s and though he's in his 40s now and held a good position for 20 years with a prestigious company, when his division went under and he was laid off, it's now caused him issues with new hires. And yes, we are talking only pot. Fair or not, that's the reality. And it's why I discourage my kids from drug use.
I tried telling my sister that, but hell it seems half of Google and Microsoft smoke pot after work (some even during lunch) so I guess tech out west is different.
Anonymous
07/22/2015 01:22
Subject: Woman moves from Illinois to Texas and ends up dead in jail cell
PP, you are allowed to smoke in your car.
Anonymous
07/22/2015 01:08
Subject: Woman moves from Illinois to Texas and ends up dead in jail cell
I don't know how to say this without sounding like a real c*nt, but I'm saying it anyway. When he asked her to put out the cigarette, why was she so pissy and disrespectful? Did I miss part of the video, was he hateful to her first. We all know most cops are arrogant assholes. But we don't have to be belligerent back. Just do what they say and no one gets hurt.
Anonymous
07/17/2015 11:48
Subject: Woman moves from Illinois to Texas and ends up dead in jail cell
Anonymous
07/17/2015 11:37
Subject: Re:Woman moves from Illinois to Texas and ends up dead in jail cell
Yup, count me in that half. Whatever her arrest history, it is really hard for me to believe that someone active in #blacklivesmatter and other anti-police brutality politics would kill herself because she was arrested on questionable charges. She had a political framework to understand what had happened to her-she was the victim of a structurally racist system, not that she was a bad person. She had a network of people who would believe that what happened was not her fault. And she would be highly motivated to get out and tell her story to her friends and to the world.
All of this. Every word. For what it's worth, her political framework also means that we are saying her name today. What happened to her is not rare, but at least maybe this time, someone will get some justice.
Anonymous
07/17/2015 11:36
Subject: Woman moves from Illinois to Texas and ends up dead in jail cell
If she was arrested on Friday, why was she still in jail on Monday?
Anonymous
07/17/2015 11:35
Subject: Woman moves from Illinois to Texas and ends up dead in jail cell
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really sad she probably just thought her life was over after being arrested. I would kill myself too if I ever get arrested.
Are you suicidal now? Only a person who thinks that their life is worthless would post what you just wrote. Seek help.
Yes I am suicidal and I always have been. I guess I just assumed others felt how I do about getting arrested or getting a ticket. I think of those things as deal breakers
Um no, it's just you.
Anonymous
07/17/2015 11:33
Subject: Woman moves from Illinois to Texas and ends up dead in jail cell
Anonymous wrote:Yep, I also know lots of people like this -- and they're not on the verge of suicide. Don't know enough about this case to form a strong opinion yet on whether she killed herself but the circumstances seem very fishy and the case needs to be investigated by an outside authority.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:From the Houston Chronicle article:
In Harris County, she was arrested in May 2010. Harris County court records show she was charged with driving under the influence and for possessing a small amount of marijuana. The DWI charge was later dismissed and she spent 30 days in jail for the possession charge. She was also charged in 2009 with possessing drug paraphernalia, for which she received a deferred adjudication.
On her Facebook page, Bland posted several photos and videos about her experiences and the struggle African-Americans face dealing with racism. In one posted in March 2015, she discussed struggling with depression and post traumatic stress.
Seems she was a troubled woman with a history of substance abuse. But yeah, keep speculating about TX and officers....
She smoked pot and she was mad about racism? That's your evidence? I literally cannot believe you'd bring the stuff about posting about racism to this thread, and then try to link it to her being "troubled." Yes, being a PoC in the United States is stressful. Racism is stressful. Knowing that you could get pulled over and murdered in jail is stressful. That doesn't make her troubled. It makes her someone who was paying attention.
LOL - are you serious? SHE is the one who discussed HER OWN depressing and said she had PTSD. She had multiple drug arrests. I'd say that's a troubled individual.
She was arrested twice on drug-related charges. The first time she was charged with having drug "paraphernalia", which for all we know could've been a freaking bong, not actual drugs. The second time, she was in possession of a small amount of pot. These incidents occurred 5-6 years ago, when she was in her early 20s. So basically all we know from her criminal history is that she is someone who smoked pot (& drank) years ago when she was 22-23 years old, a description that fits about half of the (very functional) adults I know.
I read that the Texas Rangers are investigating, for what that's worth.
Anonymous
07/17/2015 11:31
Subject: Woman moves from Illinois to Texas and ends up dead in jail cell
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:From the Houston Chronicle article:
In Harris County, she was arrested in May 2010. Harris County court records show she was charged with driving under the influence and for possessing a small amount of marijuana. The DWI charge was later dismissed and she spent 30 days in jail for the possession charge. She was also charged in 2009 with possessing drug paraphernalia, for which she received a deferred adjudication.
On her Facebook page, Bland posted several photos and videos about her experiences and the struggle African-Americans face dealing with racism. In one posted in March 2015, she discussed struggling with depression and post traumatic stress.
Seems she was a troubled woman with a history of substance abuse. But yeah, keep speculating about TX and officers....
She smoked pot and she was mad about racism? That's your evidence? I literally cannot believe you'd bring the stuff about posting about racism to this thread, and then try to link it to her being "troubled." Yes, being a PoC in the United States is stressful. Racism is stressful. Knowing that you could get pulled over and murdered in jail is stressful. That doesn't make her troubled. It makes her someone who was paying attention.
+100
Anonymous
07/17/2015 11:21
Subject: Woman moves from Illinois to Texas and ends up dead in jail cell
Anonymous wrote:What video evidence showed No one entering the cell?
The video evidence offered by the police who are under suspicion in the first place? Is that what you talking about?
I thought there was no camera on the jail cell?
Anonymous
07/17/2015 11:06
Subject: Woman moves from Illinois to Texas and ends up dead in jail cell
Yep, I also know lots of people like this -- and they're not on the verge of suicide. Don't know enough about this case to form a strong opinion yet on whether she killed herself but the circumstances seem very fishy and the case needs to be investigated by an outside authority.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:From the Houston Chronicle article:
In Harris County, she was arrested in May 2010. Harris County court records show she was charged with driving under the influence and for possessing a small amount of marijuana. The DWI charge was later dismissed and she spent 30 days in jail for the possession charge. She was also charged in 2009 with possessing drug paraphernalia, for which she received a deferred adjudication.
On her Facebook page, Bland posted several photos and videos about her experiences and the struggle African-Americans face dealing with racism. In one posted in March 2015, she discussed struggling with depression and post traumatic stress.
Seems she was a troubled woman with a history of substance abuse. But yeah, keep speculating about TX and officers....
She smoked pot and she was mad about racism? That's your evidence? I literally cannot believe you'd bring the stuff about posting about racism to this thread, and then try to link it to her being "troubled." Yes, being a PoC in the United States is stressful. Racism is stressful. Knowing that you could get pulled over and murdered in jail is stressful. That doesn't make her troubled. It makes her someone who was paying attention.
LOL - are you serious? SHE is the one who discussed HER OWN depressing and said she had PTSD. She had multiple drug arrests. I'd say that's a troubled individual.
She was arrested twice on drug-related charges. The first time she was charged with having drug "paraphernalia", which for all we know could've been a freaking bong, not actual drugs. The second time, she was in possession of a small amount of pot. These incidents occurred 5-6 years ago, when she was in her early 20s. So basically all we know from her criminal history is that she is someone who smoked pot (& drank) years ago when she was 22-23 years old, a description that fits about half of the (very functional) adults I know.
Anonymous
07/17/2015 10:54
Subject: Woman moves from Illinois to Texas and ends up dead in jail cell
Anonymous wrote:Whatever her arrest history, it is really hard for me to believe that someone active in #blacklivesmatter and other anti-police brutality politics would kill herself because she was arrested on questionable charges. She had a political framework to understand what had happened to her-she was the victim of a structurally racist system, not that she was a bad person. She had a network of people who would believe that what happened was not her fault. And she would be highly motivated to get out and tell her story to her friends and to the world.
+1
She thanked the person who recorded her arrest. She understood that she was being mistreated.
And do you really think her new employer, an HBCU, would punish HER for being unfairly arrested?
Anonymous
07/17/2015 10:08
Subject: Woman moves from Illinois to Texas and ends up dead in jail cell
This case is so infuriating and heartbreaking. I absolutely believe that she was murdered or died due to police abuse. The idea she would kill herself after accepting a new job, being arrested on BS charges, talking to her sister who was going to bail her out, when all her family and friends say she would never do such a thing is completely unbelievable. I can't imagine the pain her family must be feeling, and she would be feeling if she were to know that her name and her past are being dragged through the mud to make her seem like someone who would kill herself.