Another Bullsh$@ Manufactured story to provoke the race card.

rr165892

dignin said:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/opinion/on-the-death-of-sandra-bland-and-our-vulnerable-bodies.html

During the ill-fated traffic stop, most of which was caught on camera, Mr. Encinia asked Ms. Bland why she was irritated and she told him. She answered the question she was asked. Her voice was steady, confident. Mr. Encinia didn’t like her tone, as if she should be joyful about a traffic stop. He told Ms. Bland to put her cigarette out and she refused. The situation escalated. Mr. Encinia threatened to light her up with his Taser. Ms. Bland was forced to leave her car. She continued to protest. She was placed in handcuffs. She was treated horribly. She was treated as less than human. She protested her treatment. She knew and stated her rights but it did not matter. Her black life and her black body did not matter.

Because Sandra Bland was driving while black, because she was not subservient in the manner this trooper preferred, a routine traffic stop became a death sentence. Even if Ms. Bland did commit suicide, there is an entire system of injustice whose fingerprints left bruises on her throat.

In his impassioned new memoir, “Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates writes, “In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body — it is heritage.” I would take this bold claim a step further. It is also traditional to try and destroy the black spirit. I don’t want to believe our spirits can be broken. Nonetheless, increasingly, as a black woman in America, I do not feel alive. I feel like I am not yet dead.

Last-12-Exit

dignin

Last-12-Exit said:

Haha.....is that train trying to land on the moon?

rr165892

Dig this is complete propaganda.Enough of this nonsense already.I heard some white politician talking in a public forum with a mixed crowd on CNN this week he started to say Black Lives Matter,White Lives Matter,All lives matter but when he got to White lives the boos from the crowd nearly drowned him out,Nonsense.
According to the above rascist Ms Bland did nothing wrong except be black.Bullshit!!!!! Race division in this country is being fueled by the black community and nonsense like this.Regardless of color an individual needs to own there own actions.period,

JUST A GIRL

.

dignin

rr165892 said:

Dig this is complete propaganda.Enough of this nonsense already.I heard some white politician talking in a public forum with a mixed crowd on CNN this week he started to say Black Lives Matter,White Lives Matter,All lives matter but when he got to White lives the boos from the crowd nearly drowned him out,Nonsense.
According to the above rascist Ms Bland did nothing wrong except be black.Bullshit!!!!! Race division in this country is being fueled by the black community and nonsense like this.Regardless of color an individual needs to own there own actions.period,

So race division is being fueled by the black community? Hahaha. You might want to check that statement, it's way out there rr. Your privileged white male attitude is showing.

Tell me, how do you have any idea how a black person feels when they get pulled over? You can only go by your experiences as a white male. Black people (this writer) go by theirs.

Maybe show a little class and empathy for Ms. Bland....you have shown very little so far.

rgambs

rr165892 said:

Dig this is complete propaganda.Enough of this nonsense already.I heard some white politician talking in a public forum with a mixed crowd on CNN this week he started to say Black Lives Matter,White Lives Matter,All lives matter but when he got to White lives the boos from the crowd nearly drowned him out,Nonsense.
According to the above rascist Ms Bland did nothing wrong except be black.Bullshit!!!!! Race division in this country is being fueled by the black community and nonsense like this.Regardless of color an individual needs to own there own actions.period,

She was mouthy.
Whoop.
Dee.
Fucking.
Doo.

Your tone reminds me of the 3rd generation MD's that preached about how hard they worked and if people owned their actions and worked harder they could have anything they wanted.

rr165892

dignin said:

rr165892 said:

Dig this is complete propaganda.Enough of this nonsense already.I heard some white politician talking in a public forum with a mixed crowd on CNN this week he started to say Black Lives Matter,White Lives Matter,All lives matter but when he got to White lives the boos from the crowd nearly drowned him out,Nonsense.
According to the above rascist Ms Bland did nothing wrong except be black.Bullshit!!!!! Race division in this country is being fueled by the black community and nonsense like this.Regardless of color an individual needs to own there own actions.period,

So race division is being fueled by the black community? Hahaha. You might want to check that statement, it's way out there rr. Your privileged white male attitude is showing.

Tell me, how do you have any idea how a black person feels when they get pulled over? You can only go by your experiences as a white male. Black people (this writer) go by theirs.

Maybe show a little class and empathy for Ms. Bland....you have shown very little so far.

"Her Black life and black body did not matter" that's a bit dramatic isn't it?
The author clearly is trying to make this into a much bigger broader issue then it really is.
The Author not once places any blame on the woman,not even for her death at her own hand.

Her life was not in danger when she got pulled over.If she was polite and at the very least compliant she may have left with a benign warning or a bullshit ticket and been on her way.3 days later she commits suicide.
Isn't that A black woman taking a black life? Why must this case go from a simple traffic stop to a race inspired death?
Are you saying the stress of this situation and the fact that she was of color forced her to kill herself.Thats nonsense.

Ano Dig I'm showing no class because I don't agree with the extremely biased author?
Or because I want individual accountability instead of this new PC version where blame is placed on others right off the bat and excuses are made for an individual's actions.Cmon.please

rr165892

rgambs said:

rr165892 said:

Dig this is complete propaganda.Enough of this nonsense already.I heard some white politician talking in a public forum with a mixed crowd on CNN this week he started to say Black Lives Matter,White Lives Matter,All lives matter but when he got to White lives the boos from the crowd nearly drowned him out,Nonsense.
According to the above rascist Ms Bland did nothing wrong except be black.Bullshit!!!!! Race division in this country is being fueled by the black community and nonsense like this.Regardless of color an individual needs to own there own actions.period,

She was mouthy.
Whoop.
Dee.
Fucking.
Doo.

Your tone reminds me of the 3rd generation MD's that preached about how hard they worked and if people owned their actions and worked harder they could have anything they wanted.

Doctors?
And I don't disagree with that^^^^

Thirty Bills Unpaid

dignin said:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/opinion/on-the-death-of-sandra-bland-and-our-vulnerable-bodies.html

During the ill-fated traffic stop, most of which was caught on camera, Mr. Encinia asked Ms. Bland why she was irritated and she told him. She answered the question she was asked. Her voice was steady, confident. Mr. Encinia didn’t like her tone, as if she should be joyful about a traffic stop. He told Ms. Bland to put her cigarette out and she refused. The situation escalated. Mr. Encinia threatened to light her up with his Taser. Ms. Bland was forced to leave her car. She continued to protest. She was placed in handcuffs. She was treated horribly. She was treated as less than human. She protested her treatment. She knew and stated her rights but it did not matter. Her black life and her black body did not matter.

Because Sandra Bland was driving while black, because she was not subservient in the manner this trooper preferred, a routine traffic stop became a death sentence. Even if Ms. Bland did commit suicide, there is an entire system of injustice whose fingerprints left bruises on her throat.

In his impassioned new memoir, “Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates writes, “In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body — it is heritage.” I would take this bold claim a step further. It is also traditional to try and destroy the black spirit. I don’t want to believe our spirits can be broken. Nonetheless, increasingly, as a black woman in America, I do not feel alive. I feel like I am not yet dead.

Thanks!

A horseshit, opinion piece that echoes the mentality that, to be blunt, has failed miserably in this thread.

'Routine traffic stop became a death sentence'. Yah. Yes. Yes indeed.

F**king nonsense.

rgambs

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

dignin said:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/opinion/on-the-death-of-sandra-bland-and-our-vulnerable-bodies.html

During the ill-fated traffic stop, most of which was caught on camera, Mr. Encinia asked Ms. Bland why she was irritated and she told him. She answered the question she was asked. Her voice was steady, confident. Mr. Encinia didn’t like her tone, as if she should be joyful about a traffic stop. He told Ms. Bland to put her cigarette out and she refused. The situation escalated. Mr. Encinia threatened to light her up with his Taser. Ms. Bland was forced to leave her car. She continued to protest. She was placed in handcuffs. She was treated horribly. She was treated as less than human. She protested her treatment. She knew and stated her rights but it did not matter. Her black life and her black body did not matter.

Because Sandra Bland was driving while black, because she was not subservient in the manner this trooper preferred, a routine traffic stop became a death sentence. Even if Ms. Bland did commit suicide, there is an entire system of injustice whose fingerprints left bruises on her throat.

In his impassioned new memoir, “Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates writes, “In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body — it is heritage.” I would take this bold claim a step further. It is also traditional to try and destroy the black spirit. I don’t want to believe our spirits can be broken. Nonetheless, increasingly, as a black woman in America, I do not feel alive. I feel like I am not yet dead.

Thanks!

A horseshit, opinion piece that echoes the mentality that, to be blunt, has failed miserably in this thread.

'Routine traffic stop became a death sentence'. Yah. Yes. Yes indeed.

F**king nonsense.

Has failed miserably? Lol Mr King of the thread passes final judgement.
Facts were presented that showed experts stating that he acted inappropriately, but since it doesn't fit the narrative that mouthing off and asking about your rights is corporally punishable, it is a miserable fail.

rgambs

rr165892 said:

rgambs said:

rr165892 said:

Dig this is complete propaganda.Enough of this nonsense already.I heard some white politician talking in a public forum with a mixed crowd on CNN this week he started to say Black Lives Matter,White Lives Matter,All lives matter but when he got to White lives the boos from the crowd nearly drowned him out,Nonsense.
According to the above rascist Ms Bland did nothing wrong except be black.Bullshit!!!!! Race division in this country is being fueled by the black community and nonsense like this.Regardless of color an individual needs to own there own actions.period,

She was mouthy.
Whoop.
Dee.
Fucking.
Doo.

Your tone reminds me of the 3rd generation MD's that preached about how hard they worked and if people owned their actions and worked harder they could have anything they wanted.

Doctors?
And I don't disagree with that^^^^

3rd generation doctors acting like they understand what it's like to make something of yourself. It was pathetic. Men who never had a callous talking about hard work. Men who only got summer jobs so they could party talking about the choices they made as if they had made great sacrifices. Men who had never had debt, with men who handled their finances for them talking about financial responsibility as if they knew about hard choices.

Everyone in America has a chance to climb to the top of the highest mountain.
Some have to hike across the desert to even make the attempt, some are born at high elevation. It sickens me that it's so common that those born near the peak try to negate the struggle of the real ttrekkers by talking about their hard climb.

rr165892

rgambs said:

rr165892 said:

rgambs said:

rr165892 said:

Dig this is complete propaganda.Enough of this nonsense already.I heard some white politician talking in a public forum with a mixed crowd on CNN this week he started to say Black Lives Matter,White Lives Matter,All lives matter but when he got to White lives the boos from the crowd nearly drowned him out,Nonsense.
According to the above rascist Ms Bland did nothing wrong except be black.Bullshit!!!!! Race division in this country is being fueled by the black community and nonsense like this.Regardless of color an individual needs to own there own actions.period,

She was mouthy.
Whoop.
Dee.
Fucking.
Doo.

Your tone reminds me of the 3rd generation MD's that preached about how hard they worked and if people owned their actions and worked harder they could have anything they wanted.

Doctors?
And I don't disagree with that^^^^

3rd generation doctors acting like they understand what it's like to make something of yourself. It was pathetic. Men who never had a callous talking about hard work. Men who only got summer jobs so they could party talking about the choices they made as if they had made great sacrifices. Men who had never had debt, with men who handled their finances for them talking about financial responsibility as if they knew about hard choices.

Everyone in America has a chance to climb to the top of the highest mountain.
Some have to hike across the desert to even make the attempt, some are born at high elevation. It sickens me that it's so common that those born near the peak try to negate the struggle of the real ttrekkers by talking about their hard climb.

Agreed,some of privelegde don't know the struggles.

But Gambsy, I built everything I have with sweat equity and sacrifice.No help from anyone Espescially not the Govt.So I feel I can personally talk from that vantage point.

rr165892

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

dignin said:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/opinion/on-the-death-of-sandra-bland-and-our-vulnerable-bodies.html

During the ill-fated traffic stop, most of which was caught on camera, Mr. Encinia asked Ms. Bland why she was irritated and she told him. She answered the question she was asked. Her voice was steady, confident. Mr. Encinia didn’t like her tone, as if she should be joyful about a traffic stop. He told Ms. Bland to put her cigarette out and she refused. The situation escalated. Mr. Encinia threatened to light her up with his Taser. Ms. Bland was forced to leave her car. She continued to protest. She was placed in handcuffs. She was treated horribly. She was treated as less than human. She protested her treatment. She knew and stated her rights but it did not matter. Her black life and her black body did not matter.

Because Sandra Bland was driving while black, because she was not subservient in the manner this trooper preferred, a routine traffic stop became a death sentence. Even if Ms. Bland did commit suicide, there is an entire system of injustice whose fingerprints left bruises on her throat.

In his impassioned new memoir, “Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates writes, “In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body — it is heritage.” I would take this bold claim a step further. It is also traditional to try and destroy the black spirit. I don’t want to believe our spirits can be broken. Nonetheless, increasingly, as a black woman in America, I do not feel alive. I feel like I am not yet dead.

Thanks!

A horseshit, opinion piece that echoes the mentality that, to be blunt, has failed miserably in this thread.

'Routine traffic stop became a death sentence'. Yah. Yes. Yes indeed.

F**king nonsense.

So it's not just me? Thx 30b.

Last-12-Exit

rgambs said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

dignin said:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/opinion/on-the-death-of-sandra-bland-and-our-vulnerable-bodies.html

During the ill-fated traffic stop, most of which was caught on camera, Mr. Encinia asked Ms. Bland why she was irritated and she told him. She answered the question she was asked. Her voice was steady, confident. Mr. Encinia didn’t like her tone, as if she should be joyful about a traffic stop. He told Ms. Bland to put her cigarette out and she refused. The situation escalated. Mr. Encinia threatened to light her up with his Taser. Ms. Bland was forced to leave her car. She continued to protest. She was placed in handcuffs. She was treated horribly. She was treated as less than human. She protested her treatment. She knew and stated her rights but it did not matter. Her black life and her black body did not matter.

Because Sandra Bland was driving while black, because she was not subservient in the manner this trooper preferred, a routine traffic stop became a death sentence. Even if Ms. Bland did commit suicide, there is an entire system of injustice whose fingerprints left bruises on her throat.

In his impassioned new memoir, “Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates writes, “In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body — it is heritage.” I would take this bold claim a step further. It is also traditional to try and destroy the black spirit. I don’t want to believe our spirits can be broken. Nonetheless, increasingly, as a black woman in America, I do not feel alive. I feel like I am not yet dead.

Thanks!

A horseshit, opinion piece that echoes the mentality that, to be blunt, has failed miserably in this thread.

'Routine traffic stop became a death sentence'. Yah. Yes. Yes indeed.

F**king nonsense.

Has failed miserably? Lol Mr King of the thread passes final judgement.
Facts were presented that showed experts stating that he acted inappropriately, but since it doesn't fit the narrative that mouthing off and asking about your rights is corporally punishable, it is a miserable fail.

The cop didn't break the law. He's not responsible for the death of this woman. She is. It just drives some of you crazy that the cops didn't kill her.

rgambs

rr165892 said:

rgambs said:

rr165892 said:

rgambs said:

rr165892 said:

Dig this is complete propaganda.Enough of this nonsense already.I heard some white politician talking in a public forum with a mixed crowd on CNN this week he started to say Black Lives Matter,White Lives Matter,All lives matter but when he got to White lives the boos from the crowd nearly drowned him out,Nonsense.
According to the above rascist Ms Bland did nothing wrong except be black.Bullshit!!!!! Race division in this country is being fueled by the black community and nonsense like this.Regardless of color an individual needs to own there own actions.period,

She was mouthy.
Whoop.
Dee.
Fucking.
Doo.

Your tone reminds me of the 3rd generation MD's that preached about how hard they worked and if people owned their actions and worked harder they could have anything they wanted.

Doctors?
And I don't disagree with that^^^^

3rd generation doctors acting like they understand what it's like to make something of yourself. It was pathetic. Men who never had a callous talking about hard work. Men who only got summer jobs so they could party talking about the choices they made as if they had made great sacrifices. Men who had never had debt, with men who handled their finances for them talking about financial responsibility as if they knew about hard choices.

Everyone in America has a chance to climb to the top of the highest mountain.
Some have to hike across the desert to even make the attempt, some are born at high elevation. It sickens me that it's so common that those born near the peak try to negate the struggle of the real ttrekkers by talking about their hard climb.

Agreed,some of privelegde don't know the struggles.

But Gambsy, I built everything I have with sweat equity and sacrifice.No help from anyone Espescially not the Govt.So I feel I can personally talk from that vantage point.

Yeah, I wasn't saying you were a bourgy prick who started near the top, only that my experience with that tone is negative.
I will say though, especially in your generation, if you had started from the same economic starting point but been black or Hispanic... There is no doubt your struggle would have been much more difficult.
I am not a fan of the term "white privilege", but it is a real thing without a doubt.

rgambs

Last-12-Exit said:

rgambs said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

dignin said:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/opinion/on-the-death-of-sandra-bland-and-our-vulnerable-bodies.html

During the ill-fated traffic stop, most of which was caught on camera, Mr. Encinia asked Ms. Bland why she was irritated and she told him. She answered the question she was asked. Her voice was steady, confident. Mr. Encinia didn’t like her tone, as if she should be joyful about a traffic stop. He told Ms. Bland to put her cigarette out and she refused. The situation escalated. Mr. Encinia threatened to light her up with his Taser. Ms. Bland was forced to leave her car. She continued to protest. She was placed in handcuffs. She was treated horribly. She was treated as less than human. She protested her treatment. She knew and stated her rights but it did not matter. Her black life and her black body did not matter.

Because Sandra Bland was driving while black, because she was not subservient in the manner this trooper preferred, a routine traffic stop became a death sentence. Even if Ms. Bland did commit suicide, there is an entire system of injustice whose fingerprints left bruises on her throat.

In his impassioned new memoir, “Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates writes, “In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body — it is heritage.” I would take this bold claim a step further. It is also traditional to try and destroy the black spirit. I don’t want to believe our spirits can be broken. Nonetheless, increasingly, as a black woman in America, I do not feel alive. I feel like I am not yet dead.

Thanks!

A horseshit, opinion piece that echoes the mentality that, to be blunt, has failed miserably in this thread.

'Routine traffic stop became a death sentence'. Yah. Yes. Yes indeed.

F**king nonsense.

Has failed miserably? Lol Mr King of the thread passes final judgement.
Facts were presented that showed experts stating that he acted inappropriately, but since it doesn't fit the narrative that mouthing off and asking about your rights is corporally punishable, it is a miserable fail.

The cop didn't break the law. He's not responsible for the death of this woman. She is. It just drives some of you crazy that the cops didn't kill her.

It doesn't drive me crazy at all. I don't hold him responsible for her death.
The cop didn't exactly break the law, but he took laws that give him wide lattitude for the safety of himself and the public, and he used them to exercize authority in the face of criticism. That is immoral, and it is authoritarian in a way that we shouldn't allow in the land of the free.

Last-12-Exit

rgambs said:

Last-12-Exit said:

rgambs said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

dignin said:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/opinion/on-the-death-of-sandra-bland-and-our-vulnerable-bodies.html

During the ill-fated traffic stop, most of which was caught on camera, Mr. Encinia asked Ms. Bland why she was irritated and she told him. She answered the question she was asked. Her voice was steady, confident. Mr. Encinia didn’t like her tone, as if she should be joyful about a traffic stop. He told Ms. Bland to put her cigarette out and she refused. The situation escalated. Mr. Encinia threatened to light her up with his Taser. Ms. Bland was forced to leave her car. She continued to protest. She was placed in handcuffs. She was treated horribly. She was treated as less than human. She protested her treatment. She knew and stated her rights but it did not matter. Her black life and her black body did not matter.

Because Sandra Bland was driving while black, because she was not subservient in the manner this trooper preferred, a routine traffic stop became a death sentence. Even if Ms. Bland did commit suicide, there is an entire system of injustice whose fingerprints left bruises on her throat.

In his impassioned new memoir, “Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates writes, “In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body — it is heritage.” I would take this bold claim a step further. It is also traditional to try and destroy the black spirit. I don’t want to believe our spirits can be broken. Nonetheless, increasingly, as a black woman in America, I do not feel alive. I feel like I am not yet dead.

Thanks!

A horseshit, opinion piece that echoes the mentality that, to be blunt, has failed miserably in this thread.

'Routine traffic stop became a death sentence'. Yah. Yes. Yes indeed.

F**king nonsense.

Has failed miserably? Lol Mr King of the thread passes final judgement.
Facts were presented that showed experts stating that he acted inappropriately, but since it doesn't fit the narrative that mouthing off and asking about your rights is corporally punishable, it is a miserable fail.

The cop didn't break the law. He's not responsible for the death of this woman. She is. It just drives some of you crazy that the cops didn't kill her.

It doesn't drive me crazy at all. I don't hold him responsible for her death.
The cop didn't exactly break the law, but he took laws that give him wide lattitude for the safety of himself and the public, and he used them to exercize authority in the face of criticism. That is immoral, and it is authoritarian in a way that we shouldn't allow in the land of the free.

Police need that latitude. It would be illegal if they didn't.

rgambs

Last-12-Exit said:

rgambs said:

Last-12-Exit said:

rgambs said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

dignin said:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/opinion/on-the-death-of-sandra-bland-and-our-vulnerable-bodies.html

During the ill-fated traffic stop, most of which was caught on camera, Mr. Encinia asked Ms. Bland why she was irritated and she told him. She answered the question she was asked. Her voice was steady, confident. Mr. Encinia didn’t like her tone, as if she should be joyful about a traffic stop. He told Ms. Bland to put her cigarette out and she refused. The situation escalated. Mr. Encinia threatened to light her up with his Taser. Ms. Bland was forced to leave her car. She continued to protest. She was placed in handcuffs. She was treated horribly. She was treated as less than human. She protested her treatment. She knew and stated her rights but it did not matter. Her black life and her black body did not matter.

Because Sandra Bland was driving while black, because she was not subservient in the manner this trooper preferred, a routine traffic stop became a death sentence. Even if Ms. Bland did commit suicide, there is an entire system of injustice whose fingerprints left bruises on her throat.

In his impassioned new memoir, “Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates writes, “In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body — it is heritage.” I would take this bold claim a step further. It is also traditional to try and destroy the black spirit. I don’t want to believe our spirits can be broken. Nonetheless, increasingly, as a black woman in America, I do not feel alive. I feel like I am not yet dead.

Thanks!

A horseshit, opinion piece that echoes the mentality that, to be blunt, has failed miserably in this thread.

'Routine traffic stop became a death sentence'. Yah. Yes. Yes indeed.

F**king nonsense.

Has failed miserably? Lol Mr King of the thread passes final judgement.
Facts were presented that showed experts stating that he acted inappropriately, but since it doesn't fit the narrative that mouthing off and asking about your rights is corporally punishable, it is a miserable fail.

The cop didn't break the law. He's not responsible for the death of this woman. She is. It just drives some of you crazy that the cops didn't kill her.

It doesn't drive me crazy at all. I don't hold him responsible for her death.
The cop didn't exactly break the law, but he took laws that give him wide lattitude for the safety of himself and the public, and he used them to exercize authority in the face of criticism. That is immoral, and it is authoritarian in a way that we shouldn't allow in the land of the free.

Police need that latitude. It would be illegal if they didn't.

I agree they need a wide lattitude, but don't you agree that using it for revenge on someone who posses you off is immoral?

Last-12-Exit

rgambs said:

Last-12-Exit said:

rgambs said:

Last-12-Exit said:

rgambs said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

dignin said:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/opinion/on-the-death-of-sandra-bland-and-our-vulnerable-bodies.html

During the ill-fated traffic stop, most of which was caught on camera, Mr. Encinia asked Ms. Bland why she was irritated and she told him. She answered the question she was asked. Her voice was steady, confident. Mr. Encinia didn’t like her tone, as if she should be joyful about a traffic stop. He told Ms. Bland to put her cigarette out and she refused. The situation escalated. Mr. Encinia threatened to light her up with his Taser. Ms. Bland was forced to leave her car. She continued to protest. She was placed in handcuffs. She was treated horribly. She was treated as less than human. She protested her treatment. She knew and stated her rights but it did not matter. Her black life and her black body did not matter.

Because Sandra Bland was driving while black, because she was not subservient in the manner this trooper preferred, a routine traffic stop became a death sentence. Even if Ms. Bland did commit suicide, there is an entire system of injustice whose fingerprints left bruises on her throat.

In his impassioned new memoir, “Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates writes, “In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body — it is heritage.” I would take this bold claim a step further. It is also traditional to try and destroy the black spirit. I don’t want to believe our spirits can be broken. Nonetheless, increasingly, as a black woman in America, I do not feel alive. I feel like I am not yet dead.

Thanks!

A horseshit, opinion piece that echoes the mentality that, to be blunt, has failed miserably in this thread.

'Routine traffic stop became a death sentence'. Yah. Yes. Yes indeed.

F**king nonsense.

Has failed miserably? Lol Mr King of the thread passes final judgement.
Facts were presented that showed experts stating that he acted inappropriately, but since it doesn't fit the narrative that mouthing off and asking about your rights is corporally punishable, it is a miserable fail.

The cop didn't break the law. He's not responsible for the death of this woman. She is. It just drives some of you crazy that the cops didn't kill her.

It doesn't drive me crazy at all. I don't hold him responsible for her death.
The cop didn't exactly break the law, but he took laws that give him wide lattitude for the safety of himself and the public, and he used them to exercize authority in the face of criticism. That is immoral, and it is authoritarian in a way that we shouldn't allow in the land of the free.

Police need that latitude. It would be illegal if they didn't.

I agree they need a wide lattitude, but don't you agree that using it for revenge on someone who posses you off is immoral?

Yes. Of course, I don't think the cop was revenging anything here.