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Sandra Bland Murder Case Study

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What began as peaceful demonstrations on Sunday night in Ferguson descended into chaos as volleys of gunshots rang out as police in riot gear tried to disperse protesters blocking traffic and smashing storefront windows along a street that was a flashpoint of riots last year after Brown, 18, was shot dead. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon called Sunday 's violence "a sad turn of events" carried out by a criminal element and appealed for peaceful rallies on Monday (Ingwerson 1985). . But Nixon, who had deployed the National Guard to quell violence last year, did not make any mention of additional security for those rallies. The county 's order allows it to distribute money and material for emergency purposes "and to protect the health and safety …show more content…

In the summer of June 13,2015, a 28 year old female by the name of Sandra Bland was found dead in her cell. Three days before her death she was pulled over by Sheriff Glenn Smith and she was sent to the local Waller County jail in Prairie View, Texas. There are two sides to the story, starting with Ms. Bland was commited suicide and the the argument against that was she was killed by one of the sheriff (Stanford, 2015). She is not the only black female who experienced police violence. She is added on the list of black women who were violently brutalized by police. Natasha McKenna, Janisha Fonville, and Tanisha Anderson are all black females who have been killed by police. All of them were said to be unarmed (Alter, 2015). As reported by (Associated Press, 2015), Minneapolis police are searching for three white male suspects who authorities say shot five …show more content…

Policing has seen much progress. Some reforms do work, and some types of abuse have been reduced. Today, among both police officials and rank and file officers, it is widely recognized that police brutality hinders good law enforcement.Whenever a new case of police brutality comes to light, people in the community must respond politically to ensure justice for the victim. These actions must be timely to be truly effective. We need an organization in place that can mobilize people quickly, organize demonstrations and other actions, defend the victim, challenge the "police version" of incidents in the media, and that can build an ongoing climate of resistance to police brutality in all its forms (Glasser,

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The second source summarizes how Sandra Bland's family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Waller County Sheriff's Office The family and activists have raised questions over the traffic stop and whether Bland committed suicide. Cooper, 31, a businesswoman, said the family is concerned that authorities have been releasing information selectively, including dashboard camera videos from the police car of another officer who responded after Encinia stopped Bland. The intended audience of this article is the press and the police departments who lack watching over the people who are incarcerated. The family is concerned with the way the authorities have been handling the situation. The authorities are the ones who caused the problem and now

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On August 19th, Kajieme Powell was shot twelve times and killed. Kajieme Powell, a twenty-five year old black male was suspected of robbing a convenient store and of having a weapon, so the police officer shot. Luckily, a witness caught the whole thing on tape and the disturbing video is now on Youtube. This is the second incident in the past few weeks around the St. Louis surrounding area that a young black male was killed after being suspected of a minor crimes (jaywalking in Michael Brown’s case and shoplifting in Jajieme Powell’s case). Violent protests and national debates still continue, but FBI and investigators are working hard and inquiring to get to the bottom of

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Introduction. On the date of July 10, 2015, Sandra Bland was arrested and accused of assaulting a police officer after she was stopped for a traffic violation of failing to signal a lane change. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Sandra Bland became “argumentative and uncooperative. It was not until the video of the arrest was released that we saw exactly what happened during the incident. Cannon Lambert, who played the role as the attorney for Bland’s family, reported to CNN that Sandra Bland was asked to put out her cigarette and when she refused she was asked to step out of the car.

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The media said that the Ferguson police officers drove up to where Brown and a friend were on the 2900 block of Canfield Drive and requested that they keep moving. According to reports ,Brown and the cop began to argue and a shot was fired from the police vehicle and the two men began to flee. Also, the cop left his vehicle and began to pursue them, and then he started firing at least six shots and fatally wounded Brown. The cop who shot him was white and it is unknown why after the argument that the officer went after them and fatally shot Brown. I believe he followed them because he has a problem with Africa-American people.

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In a suburb outside St. Louis known as Ferguson on August 9, 2014, Michael Brown, a black unarmed teenager was shot and killed by a white police officer, Darren Wilson. Ferguson isn’t known as a violent town when it is compared to its neighboring towns. On November 24, 2014, the jury decided not to indict Officer Darren Wilson. Thus, the uprising began. There was already distrust with the majority white police department.

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In 2014 alone, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, and Michael Brown were all sensationalized victims of police brutality. The horrors of their stories were all true, and the media clung to their faces. Countless other young men of color also fell victim to police brutality in years prior, and since. These Black men were all unarmed and virtually crimeless. Walter McMillian shares his innocence with these men.

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“Over the last 500 years people of different race, especially African Americans, have encountered a pattern of state sanctioned violence and civil and human rights abuse. To enforce capitalist exploitation and racial oppression the government and its police, courts, prisons, and military have beaten, framed, murdered and executed private persons, and brutally repressed struggles for freedom, justice, and self-determination. (Sundiata,1)”. Because of this African Americans began to fight back against the beating of their race with riots. The Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and more recently the Black Life Matters movement have placed emphasis on shedding light on how people are being treated and what can be done to get rectify everything that is wrong with how our government and police

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They want you to have a voice in this discriminatory justice system and you can get involved by sending them a recording of a police brutality incident that ha not got proper media coverage. “National Police Accountability Project” is another organization put their primary goal is to educate the public of issues relating to police misconduct. Being a non-profit organization, this anti-police brutality organization works with victims of police brutality and if you or someone you know have been the victim of police violence, you can contact the National Police Accountability Project. “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education” as said by, Martin Luther King

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Police Brutality is an ongoing problem and existent concern in the United States and should be resolved immediately. Law enforcement must function as an element that consists of organized and civilized officers. The presence of police brutality is becoming more of an issue as society grows. The problem posed by the illegal exercise of police power is an ongoing reality for individuals of a disfavored race, class, or sexual orientation. Police brutality must be stopped so that police do not forget who they are serving – not themselves, but the public.

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For example, more than 10,000 complaints of police brutality was filed in Chicago between 2002 and 2014 (Police Brutality Statistics). It shocks me to see that the people that are supposed to be protecting us aren’t, instead hurting us. If we can’t trust our law enforcement to protect us, who will? Another thing that upsets is

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