SANDRA BLAND DEATH: JUSTICE OR ELSE

Sandra Bland

The American Black community is faced with yet another murder of a U.S. citizen while in the custody of police.

This time the victim's name is Sandra Bland.

At approximately 4:30 p.m. on July 10, Bland was driving a silver Hyundai Azera in Waller County, TX near Prairie View A&M University when state trooper Brian Encinia pulled her over for failing to signal a lane change.

What should have been a routine traffic stop quickly escalated to in an illegal and brutal arrest of Bland by Encinia which was caught on the trooper's patrol car dash-cam video. 

Bland was subsequently booked at the Waller County Jail for the third-degree felony and was placed alone in a cell that typically accommodates four inmates, according to authorities. 

Over the next couple days, Bland called her family several times to assist her with posting her $5,000 bail, relatives said. She also told them she thought her shoulder or arm was broken.  Her family began making arrangements to get her released.

In a voice mail to a male friend on the day after her arrest, Bland said: "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 even know." 

According to Waller County Jail officials, the last time Bland seen alive was about 7 a.m. on Monday, July 13. Just before 8 a.m., she asked about using the phone. An hour later, a guard went to her cell and saw her hanging from a partition with a plastic trash can liner around her neck. Medical workers were alerted, and guards tried to resuscitate her. 

Sidebar:  If this young woman's death does not facilitate comprehensive police reform and lead to the arrest of Brian Encinia as soon as possible, there is about to be another civil war on American soil.

Americans will not continue to allow rogue police officers to continue to abuse their police powers without immediate repercussions.

Poor police training, lack of appropriate supervision by supervisors and blatant racism have been the leading causes of police brutality against American Blacks.

It is time for justice or else.........

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