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Good afternoon,
my beautiful kings and queens.
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It is Wednesday, April 8, 2015.
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Hopefully, you are out there
or were out there this morning
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doing something productive,
successful,
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something that is going to help
establish your kingdom and queendom.
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Today, "Sandy Speaks" is going to
focus directly on my white people.
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White people. Yes.
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Black people know
that all lives matter.
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But what I need you guys
to understand is that
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being a black person in America
is very, very hard.
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I am not a racist. I grew
up in Villa Park, Illinois,
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was the only black girl on an all-white
cheerleading squad, so I had to learn
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how to deal with white people.
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But I want the white folks to
really understand out there,
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not all of us, but some of us,
are really doing as much as we can.
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And we can't help but get pissed
off when we see situations
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where it's clear
the black life didn't matter.
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Because in the news
that we've seen as of late,
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you could stand there, surrender
to the cops, and still be killed.
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On Friday,
July 10, Ms. Bland was stopped
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by the Texas Department
of Public Safety
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for a traffic infraction.
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The state trooper arrested Bland
for assault of a public servant,
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then transported Ms. Bland
to the Waller County jail.
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On Monday,
July 13, at 8:58 a.m.
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jailers went to cell 95
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and observed Ms. Bland hanging from
her privacy partition in her cell.
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The Harris County of Texas
medical examiner's office
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listed the manner of death
as a suicide.
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However, there may be some
questions that cannot be answered,
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since this investigation
is yet to be completed.
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Ooh, Lord have mercy.
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Okay.
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Ooh!
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Oh, here we go.
Here we go.
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Aw, man.
It looks better in person.
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Wow.
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Hey, girl! I just can't get over, like,
how surreal it looks, you know?
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Okay, sister. Losing you has been
the hardest thing that...
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I thought I would ever have
to go through,
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but I feel like it's made me a stronger
person.
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So this is our letter that we
wrote to the attorney general.
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And it says, "My name is Sharon Cooper,
and I am Sandra Bland's sister.
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"My sister Sandra,
affectionately known as Sandy,
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"was a vibrant,
outspoken, and intelligent
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28-year-old
who was absolutely full of life.
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"Since Sandra's death,
we have been in mourning,
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"but candidly, our ability
to mourn has been paralyzed
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"by the unusual and unsettling
circumstances surrounding her death.
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That is why
I am writing to you."
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You've got a
lot of people that's
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down here standing with you and us.
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People you know,
people you don't know.
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A lot of people who you don't know.
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I don't think Officer
Encinia knew whose you were
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and who you belong to
when he pulled you over.
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Well, each day, you let him know
what a mistake he made.
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We're going to get
to the bottom of it.
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No matter how long it takes.
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And we gonna change history,
just like you wanted to.
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An innocent daughter's life
was snatched,
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in a building right behind us.
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This is no longer
just a Ferguson issue.
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It is not just a Baltimore issue.
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This is an American issue.
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And we will not go away
until it is answered.
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-Say her name!
-Sandra Bland!
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-Say her name!
-Sandra Bland!
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-Say her name!
-Sandra Bland!
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Won't you say her name! Say her name!
Say her name! Say her name!
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Say her name! Say her name!
Say her name!
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The trip Sandy and I
took over the Fourth of July weekend.
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She made all of this music
for Mom...
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to sit in the car, and dance, laugh,
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sing...
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and when she was driving,
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Sandy kept talking
about going back to Texas.
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She said, "Now I know what
I'm supposed to be doing."
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She talked about this
almost the whole ride.
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She kept saying, "My purpose
is to go back to Texas,
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and to stop all of the
injustices against blacks."
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Sandy called me on July 11...
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to let me know
that she had been arrested.
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I said, "What are
you in jail for?"
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She said, "You know,
I really don't know."
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And she said, "My arm,
my arm is hurting really bad."
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And I could hear her talking to
the guards in the background.
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Then she said,
"I'll call you back."
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And she hung up the phone,
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and she never called back.
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I wouldn't wish this hurt on anyone.
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Anyone.
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Monday morning, when
Ms. Bland was found in her cell,
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and the ambulance and medical
help was being called,
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then I was notified.
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When I walked back to the cell,
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the justice of the peace
was already here.
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It's a devastating call...
to the Texas sheriff.
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That's the last thing we want
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in our jail is not
for everybody to come in here
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and leave here the same way
they come in, if not healthier.
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I got a phone
call from a friend of mine
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who's in the media in Houston.
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And he said, "Elton, what's going
on with this hanging at the jail?"
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And I said, "Well. We had
a hanging at the jail.
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"As far as I know, the Texas
Rangers are handling it,
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and that's about all I know."
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"They'll give me a report
when they finish it."
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It got a lot stranger.
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It was either that afternoon
or the next morning,
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uh, everything hit
the proverbial fan.
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Police say Bland was
arrested for resisting arrest
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and assaulting an officer, but so
far the only video of the incident
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shows Bland on the ground.
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I don't believe I
saw the bystander video
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until it was released to the public,
which was Tuesday.
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I couldn't understand why she was on the
ground with this man's knee in her back.
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I could not understand that.
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As a sister, my heart, it hurts.
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So, of course, when the
bystander video comes out,
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now I have a ton of questions
because my mind goes to,
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okay, what happened
before all of that
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to get her to the point where
she's down on the ground...
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with this guy towering over her.
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And how do you go from
this very strong woman
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to dead in jail by alleged suicide.
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He got a hundred
percent on that other test,
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so let him do what he--
he took care of it.
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Dad, where's the sugar?
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I'll see what happens. I'll let you know
when she--when he lets me know.
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He said that he's
going to talk to her.
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I love you.
Drive safely.
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My wife and
I were in the car,
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and my wife told me
Sandy Bland had passed,
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and I said, "Sandy Bland? Show me a
picture of who you're talking about."
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She showed me a picture of Sandy,
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and I mean, you know,
your heart kind of stops
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and you're...
you're in shock.
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Sandy got rear-ended by a motorcycle
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on the 5th of April, 2015,
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and she contacted my office.
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She had a big personality,
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and it was a big,
bright personality.
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See, I'm assessing people
when I talk to them,
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trying to figure out what type
of witness they're going to be.
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Is she going to be equipped
to think on her feet? She was.
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Sandy died on the 13th of July.
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And from that next morning when I
got a phone call from the family
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asking whether or not
we could get involved,
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I mean, uh, you felt compelled.
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On Friday, we got down to Texas,
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and it's seven o'clock at night.
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-I'm about to pass out 'cause I'm
so hungry. -I know, baby. I know.
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We were told,
once you get here,
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it will be proven without a doubt.
You'll be able to see...
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that she...
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contributed in her own... death.
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The Texas Rangers, they
walked us through footage,
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so they claimed,
anyway, of the jail.
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We were looking, trying
to see where Sandy was.
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I didn't see her ever.
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The video that we
viewed when we went down,
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it was only for the morning
of Monday, July 13th.
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There's no time stamps,
there's no dates.
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Her cell was all the way
in the back corner.
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She was in cell number 95.
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The way they choose to phrase it is,
where she was did not have cameras.
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But I would think that
that would be strange.
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Then how are you monitoring
your inmates?
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Why was she in a cell by herself?
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That's a big cell for one person.
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And when they were
wheeling the gurney out,
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I went, "Whoa, she's going
to be on the gurney, right?"
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Oh, no.
She wasn't on the gurney.
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She was not on the gurney.
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And then the lead investigator for the
Texas Rangers, Shane Ellison,
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had told us that specifically Sandy made
upwards of 21 phone calls.
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Yet they tell
us they don't know
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what phones she used
to make these 21 calls.
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That doesn't make sense to me.
If you know she made 21 calls,
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then you've got to know what phones
she used to make those calls.
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And then he also said
that when he was called
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that that triggered a crime
investigation, a criminal investigation.
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So I'm thinking that we're going to see
the documentation by way of photographs.
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They showed us some photographs
of her body in the cell.
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They did not have any photographs
that depicted her hanging,
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and we were told explicitly
that they don't exist.
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And she was hung from a trash bag.
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The trash bag is the ligature.
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I thought,
where did this woman
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even get a plastic bag from?
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When you're booking an inmate,
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you're stripping them of anything
that would put them in a position
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to harm themselves. You're stripping
them of their shoestrings.
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You're stripping them of their belt.
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You're stripping them
of their earrings.
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You have a 30-gallon trash can,
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in an inmate's cell,
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that gives them access
to a plastic bag.
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If she was in as much
pain as she says she was in,
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I just don't see how she could
have tied that perfect,
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very perfect noose.
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I know that we were grieving, but...
we are a family of note-takers.
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We take notes of things that were being
told to us that just didn't sound right.
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We view the dashcam video on the 21st,
the day before we fly her home,
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so now I've got a ton of questions.
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Oh, I have a slew
of questions, right?
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-For what?
-..send me another unit.
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I'm sitting, I'm watching
all of these violations occur.
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-Let's do this.
-Yeah, we're going to.
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That man slapped her.
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He slapped her, you can hear it.
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We're going to.
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He reaches into the
car, and you hear a smack,
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and then you see her head
pulling away from him.
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The reason that the slap is important
is because it's a battery.
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When she's recording him,
"Put your phone down."
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"I have the right to record.
This is my property."
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You tell her to turn around,
she doesn't want to turn around.
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She says, "Why do I have to turn
around?" two or three times,
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but ultimately turns around
on her own.
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Stop it!
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I felt like, oh, my gosh,
if she was treated that way,
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in public, cars are riding by,
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she's treated that way,
on the road...
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what was going on in the jail?
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What was going on in there?
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When Sandy
called me on Saturday,
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she told me that her bond was $500.
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And I told her that I had $100
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and I would work on
getting the rest for her.
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She knows that I'm gonna
come through for her.
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I just don't see her
taking her own life.
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I just don't see it.
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Until we have concrete answers,
as to the time of her death,
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and whether or not that death
could have been caused,
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uh, by someone other than her,
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until we have answers
to those sorts of questions,
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all options are on the table,
they have to be.
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Anytime there's a jail hanging,
a jail death,
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that's treated as a homicide.
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We're still waiting for a hard copy
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of the Harris County
medical examiner's autopsy,
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and toxicology will probably
be delayed about two weeks.
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At this point, this is still fresh.
246
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We're trying to respect
the family and realize
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that they have a funeral
that they need to plan.
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Ms. Bland's mother is anxious to get
her daughter's body back to Illinois.
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As the
lieutenant governor of Texas,
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yes, I want to be sure, we overturned
every stone and looked at every fact.
251
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That's important for everyone, but
it's most important for that family.
252
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-That's right.
-I want that family,
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when they go back to Chicago...
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for when this is resolved, that they
believe, they had justice in Texas.
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Riding back on a plane...
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I sent her out of here
on four wheels,
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and now she's coming back,
258
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under the plane, with the cargo.
259
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Like these planes,
she was ascending.
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She was going, going,
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and she got to a certain level,
plateaued,
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and then she was gone.
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I am on the steps, if you can see behind
me, of the DuSable Museum.
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I'm getting ready to walk in,
but it's very, very interesting
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and amazing to know
how much black history
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is truly right here in our own city.
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Chicago was founded
by a man of color: DuSable.
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There needs to be a statue of that
man in the heart of downtown.
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The first open-heart surgery,
performed by Daniel Hale Williams.
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That was right on the south side
of Chicago at Provident Hospital.
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Y'all, our history is
so rich and deep,
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but it is up to us to find it.
273
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Sandy's number
four in the pack.
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And Sandy was a helper.
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What about like this?
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Growing up, we
didn't have a lot of money.
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Can you say,
"Please, Mommy, please?"
278
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My mom had my first
sister when she was 15, and...
279
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she had all of us
by the time she was 25.
280
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And then if I get a chance
to taste it, I'll taste it.
281
00:24:18,052 --> 00:24:20,638
My mother was very
strict about education.
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If we were sick, we had to go
to school, it didn't matter.
283
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I was called "The Warden."
284
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I'm your mom.
285
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I'm not your schoolmate.
286
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But I don't remember
Sandy accepting "no."
287
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She knew she
wanted to go to college.
288
00:24:46,123 --> 00:24:48,209
The HBCUs came
to the Chicago-land area,
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the Historically Black Colleges
and Universities.
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And she happened upon Prairie View,
291
00:24:54,174 --> 00:24:58,053
and they gave her a scholarship,
a band scholarship.
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It's a big deal to be a part of a band
at an African-American institution.
293
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But it also meant doing something
that nobody in this family ever did,
294
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which was leave home,
295
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and go miles away from
this very close-knit family... to Texas.
296
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We're right on the
west side of Houston.
297
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And most of our business here
is farming, but...
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here at the sheriff's office, one of our
primary focuses is obviously the jail.
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A county jail,
we're not here for punishment.
300
00:26:02,621 --> 00:26:06,250
We're here to hold you
till you go to court,
301
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and then decide
what your punishment is.
302
00:26:13,758 --> 00:26:19,431
We are that guardian, that, "Okay,
we gotta get 'em through this."
303
00:26:21,642 --> 00:26:27,815
Sheriff Glenn Smith
used to be chief of police in Hempstead.
304
00:26:27,982 --> 00:26:34,030
Chief Smith had complaints
of racial intimidation.
305
00:26:34,906 --> 00:26:36,657
They reprimanded him,
306
00:26:36,824 --> 00:26:38,242
they sent him
to sensitivity training,
307
00:26:38,409 --> 00:26:42,122
and in spite of all of that,
he continued to get reports.
308
00:26:42,288 --> 00:26:48,962
But, eventually, he won the election
to be the sheriff of Waller County.
309
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Taking a lot of classes?
310
00:26:50,923 --> 00:26:52,424
Prairie View is over-policed.
311
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Here's a
copy of the warning.
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You are policed
by university campus,
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city of Prairie View, you're
policed by the state troopers,
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00:27:00,433 --> 00:27:04,145
you're policed by
the sheriff, Waller County,
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and the constables.
That's five people for this area.
316
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This is the same county that me and
Sandy marched to vote, in 2008.
317
00:27:15,324 --> 00:27:18,911
Because they didn't want
the student population to vote,
318
00:27:19,078 --> 00:27:21,830
so we wouldn't offset their voting.
319
00:27:21,997 --> 00:27:25,459
We're in Texas. It's always
been the good old boys system.
320
00:27:25,626 --> 00:27:29,005
Good old boys taking care
of the good old boys.
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00:27:29,964 --> 00:27:32,467
This county unfortunately
goes all the way back
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to the Civil War,
and it is a sensitive topic.
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Do we have prejudice in this county?
Yes. You know.
324
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Do we have it
across the country? Yes.
325
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Sandy had come back from
Prairie View initially,
326
00:27:59,329 --> 00:28:01,456
and was trying
to kind of find herself...
327
00:28:01,623 --> 00:28:06,628
doing different jobs, trying
to figure out where she fit.
328
00:28:06,795 --> 00:28:10,257
Hi, I'm Sandy, and I'm the
administrative assistant here at Cook's.
329
00:28:10,424 --> 00:28:14,345
Today, I'm going to be talking to you
about copolymers and polycarbonates.
330
00:28:14,511 --> 00:28:19,976
With Cooks, she found out
that one of their biggest accounts
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was the penitentiary system.
332
00:28:22,603 --> 00:28:24,480
And she said,
"I can't work for a company
333
00:28:24,647 --> 00:28:26,524
that's doing this kind of stuff."
334
00:28:26,691 --> 00:28:28,109
The softness of the material
335
00:28:28,276 --> 00:28:30,487
is important because it means it will
not shatter
336
00:28:30,654 --> 00:28:33,448
and it cannot be easily
sharpened into a weapon.
337
00:28:33,615 --> 00:28:35,158
You find so many
meal delivery products...
338
00:28:35,325 --> 00:28:37,786
It was in direct
conflict with her morals,
339
00:28:37,953 --> 00:28:43,626
in terms of mass incarceration
of disenfranchised people.
340
00:28:43,793 --> 00:28:47,672
After that, she'd had a couple of job
opportunities that she didn't get,
341
00:28:47,838 --> 00:28:49,841
even though she felt like
she did great, so,
342
00:28:50,007 --> 00:28:53,178
that would frustrate her sometimes.
343
00:28:53,511 --> 00:28:56,014
You've spent four
years at a university
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00:28:56,181 --> 00:29:00,394
and wracked up all this debt
and you can't find a darn job?
345
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,521
In your field?
346
00:29:02,688 --> 00:29:05,566
You're not going to be
too happy about that.
347
00:29:08,152 --> 00:29:10,863
I've been really stressed out
over these past couple of weeks,
348
00:29:11,030 --> 00:29:13,115
suffering from depression.
349
00:29:13,282 --> 00:29:17,537
And I started crying,
and in the middle of my tears,
350
00:29:17,704 --> 00:29:22,542
in my head, I just heard
the song, "God Blocked It."
351
00:29:22,709 --> 00:29:27,464
It let me know that everything
was going to be okay. It will be okay.
352
00:29:28,048 --> 00:29:33,053
God let me know
that you have got work to do.
353
00:29:34,513 --> 00:29:36,432
I always knew
what she was capable of,
354
00:29:36,599 --> 00:29:39,018
which was harnessing her voice,
being anchored in it.
355
00:29:39,185 --> 00:29:43,022
and doing something about things
that she just felt wasn't right.
356
00:29:43,189 --> 00:29:46,484
-Hold on, hold on, hold on.
-Don't touch me.
357
00:29:46,651 --> 00:29:49,571
The most recent case of
alleged police brutality here...
358
00:29:49,738 --> 00:29:52,866
...their safety and don't feel that
they can trust the police officer,
359
00:29:53,033 --> 00:29:54,409
and then police officers...
360
00:30:03,711 --> 00:30:07,715
Hey, y'all. So...
I don't know where to look.
361
00:30:07,882 --> 00:30:13,137
And if I'm lookin' a little crazy,
it's 'cause this is a test. Um...
362
00:30:13,304 --> 00:30:15,598
I wanted to make this video message
363
00:30:15,765 --> 00:30:19,394
and plant my seed
of "Sandy Speaks."
364
00:30:19,561 --> 00:30:23,482
I know my head probably looks
a little crazy right now,
365
00:30:23,649 --> 00:30:27,069
but, um...
with the police brutality
366
00:30:27,236 --> 00:30:29,864
and all of the things that
have been going on in the news
367
00:30:30,030 --> 00:30:34,577
somewhere along the way, we've
forgotten about an important group,
368
00:30:34,744 --> 00:30:38,498
which are the kids. Um...
I don't have any kids.
369
00:30:38,665 --> 00:30:43,378
I do have an eight-year-old
and a 14-year-old nephew.
370
00:30:43,545 --> 00:30:47,799
Sorry, my battery about to die.
I ain't even got my cord. Um...
371
00:30:47,966 --> 00:30:54,723
Through "Sandy Speaks," we are going
to open up a gateway for the kids.
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00:30:54,890 --> 00:30:58,602
Educating them on
interacting with police.
373
00:30:58,769 --> 00:31:01,939
I don't think it's ever too early.
374
00:31:02,106 --> 00:31:04,025
And if you're a cop out there
and you're watching this,
375
00:31:04,192 --> 00:31:07,487
here is your chance to say
something and educate these kids,
376
00:31:07,654 --> 00:31:10,073
'cause again, I'm here
to change history.
377
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:14,453
This thing that I'm holding in my
hand, this telephone, this camera,
378
00:31:14,619 --> 00:31:16,663
it is quite powerful.
379
00:31:16,830 --> 00:31:19,124
Social media is powerful.
We can do something with this.
380
00:31:19,291 --> 00:31:25,423
If we want to change, we can really,
truly make it happen. "Sandy Speaks."
381
00:31:25,589 --> 00:31:28,551
When she first posted
her "Sandy Speaks" on Facebook,
382
00:31:28,718 --> 00:31:32,472
I got all these notifications from
Sandy. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
383
00:31:32,639 --> 00:31:35,517
That was her channeling that energy.
384
00:31:35,683 --> 00:31:38,979
This fight for civil rights,
it still goes on right now.
385
00:31:39,146 --> 00:31:43,400
Although it's not called civil
rights, that is what it is.
386
00:31:43,567 --> 00:31:45,277
Your right to be a civilian.
387
00:31:45,736 --> 00:31:47,613
We are still in that fight today,
388
00:31:47,780 --> 00:31:49,782
so please
don't think it's over. 'Cause it's not.
389
00:31:49,949 --> 00:31:55,413
You are going to have to stand before
God, and he is going to ask you,
390
00:31:55,580 --> 00:31:58,625
were you able to show love
to your white man.
391
00:31:58,791 --> 00:32:02,462
Because that's the ultimate
test. I really, I believe that.
392
00:32:02,629 --> 00:32:06,591
We are so valuable to this country,
to this nation as a whole,
393
00:32:06,758 --> 00:32:12,848
but we will never succeed and we
will never thrive as a culture,
394
00:32:13,015 --> 00:32:16,602
as a country, if we don't wake up.
395
00:32:16,769 --> 00:32:20,106
Black-on-black crime numbers
are extremely high.
396
00:32:20,273 --> 00:32:23,860
These gangbangers and drug dealers,
the people that they're shooting
397
00:32:24,027 --> 00:32:26,279
are not other gangbangers
and drug dealers.
398
00:32:26,446 --> 00:32:27,822
They are killing our babies.
399
00:32:27,989 --> 00:32:31,952
Why do we keep acting like niggers?
Excuse my French.
400
00:32:32,118 --> 00:32:33,912
But that is what
we keep acting like.
401
00:32:34,079 --> 00:32:36,748
She was speaking
some real powerful stuff,
402
00:32:36,915 --> 00:32:42,129
that some people would not have
dare been able to even speak.
403
00:32:42,296 --> 00:32:44,090
We have to just stop icing
these things over.
404
00:32:44,256 --> 00:32:47,051
We have to stop acting
like they don't matter.
405
00:32:47,218 --> 00:32:50,513
And so Sandy is going to speak
whenever I see something wrong.
406
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:52,056
I thank you guys, I love you guys...
407
00:32:52,223 --> 00:32:54,267
What she was really
saying in her messages,
408
00:32:54,434 --> 00:32:58,939
we can no longer be passive
about these things.
409
00:32:59,105 --> 00:33:01,900
Not somebody has to do
something about it.
410
00:33:02,067 --> 00:33:05,028
We have to do something about it.
411
00:33:05,195 --> 00:33:07,072
She gets a
call from Prairie View
412
00:33:07,239 --> 00:33:10,868
that there is a job opportunity.
It was a temp job.
413
00:33:11,035 --> 00:33:14,956
And they said, we need you to be
here to do this job interview.
414
00:33:15,122 --> 00:33:17,417
Well, at first I was like,
"You know, you just left.
415
00:33:17,583 --> 00:33:19,127
"You didn't tell us
or anything." And she was like,
416
00:33:19,294 --> 00:33:25,217
"It was going to be too emotional
and I needed to do this, for me."
417
00:33:43,403 --> 00:33:49,409
To be successful in this world, you have
to know how to work with white people.
418
00:33:49,826 --> 00:33:51,620
What "Sandy Speaks" wants to do
419
00:33:51,786 --> 00:33:55,332
is let my kings and queens
know, you can do it.
420
00:33:55,499 --> 00:33:59,628
We can be successful.
It is up to us.
421
00:34:04,759 --> 00:34:09,680
I'm here! I am
in Prairie View, Texas.
422
00:34:09,847 --> 00:34:15,478
Back at the crib. See the
sign for PVAMU right there.
423
00:34:17,314 --> 00:34:19,191
I'm home!
424
00:34:19,608 --> 00:34:21,735
Exiting 10-98 now.
425
00:34:21,902 --> 00:34:23,946
Welcome back. Oh, Lord.
426
00:34:24,112 --> 00:34:27,282
I'm about to go over
Waller County line.
427
00:34:28,784 --> 00:34:30,494
Hi Mommy, it's me.
428
00:34:30,661 --> 00:34:35,625
Just wanted to let you know
that I made it, I am here!
429
00:34:35,792 --> 00:34:40,755
I am here. Call me when you get a
chance. Love you. Bye-bye.
430
00:34:43,008 --> 00:34:45,760
When I got to my house,
she was already in the driveway.
431
00:34:45,927 --> 00:34:47,304
Said, "Interview
at one o'clock."
432
00:34:47,471 --> 00:34:51,350
So she went in, she changed, she
showered. She said, "How do I look?"
433
00:34:51,517 --> 00:34:54,353
I said, "You look like you're
about to get a job."
434
00:34:54,728 --> 00:34:57,231
Today, y'all, we're going
to talk about hair.
435
00:34:57,398 --> 00:34:58,774
I don't know if many of y'all
saw my post
436
00:34:58,941 --> 00:35:02,278
about how ready I am for my
locks, but if you could see,
437
00:35:02,445 --> 00:35:03,863
yeah, I got my natural back.
438
00:35:04,030 --> 00:35:08,660
My fellow kings and queens always find
something to laugh or poke fun about it,
439
00:35:08,827 --> 00:35:14,332
but, baby, under
that edge-up, you got naps.
440
00:35:14,499 --> 00:35:17,753
Sweetie pie, under that
Brazilian, you got naps.
441
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:21,340
Before you get that perm,
you have naps.
442
00:35:21,507 --> 00:35:22,925
So let's just cut it out.
Let's stop hatin'
443
00:35:23,092 --> 00:35:25,261
on people 'cause their hair's natural.
444
00:35:25,428 --> 00:35:27,013
It's only hair.
445
00:35:27,179 --> 00:35:30,308
Okay?
I love y'all.
446
00:35:30,475 --> 00:35:34,604
Friday, Sandy just
called to say, "Hey, I got it."
447
00:35:34,771 --> 00:35:38,275
I'm about to start in a few days.
I got it, Mom!"
448
00:35:38,692 --> 00:35:40,777
She was going to work,
but then she was also
449
00:35:40,944 --> 00:35:43,447
going to work on her
master's in political science.
450
00:35:43,614 --> 00:35:48,869
She goes, "I'm going to the grocery
store, and I'll talk to you later."
451
00:35:49,995 --> 00:35:52,081
I text her and I say,
452
00:35:52,248 --> 00:35:58,379
"Watch out, Prairie View.
Werk it, girl."
453
00:36:07,597 --> 00:36:12,478
Friday afternoon, tables turned.
454
00:36:13,020 --> 00:36:15,606
Everything's different.
455
00:36:57,984 --> 00:37:00,362
That night, about
10 o'clock, my phone rings,
456
00:37:00,529 --> 00:37:06,118
and I look at it on the caller ID and it
said Waller County Sheriff's Department.
457
00:37:06,285 --> 00:37:07,953
And of course, I answer the phone.
458
00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:11,957
And it was Sandra Bland,
and she was upset.
459
00:37:12,124 --> 00:37:14,210
Not crying, upset
'cause of what happened,
460
00:37:14,377 --> 00:37:18,131
she was pissed
because of what happened.
461
00:37:19,257 --> 00:37:22,343
The main charge
that she come in here with
462
00:37:22,510 --> 00:37:26,389
was assault on a public servant.
463
00:37:29,309 --> 00:37:36,025
And Ms. Bland, unfortunately,
had a past criminal record.
464
00:37:36,192 --> 00:37:40,988
It was minor charges, a small
amount of marijuana, maybe.
465
00:37:41,155 --> 00:37:44,409
But the current charge of a felony
466
00:37:44,575 --> 00:37:48,997
put her just in that
different category.
467
00:37:52,626 --> 00:37:55,420
But I'm a country sheriff.
468
00:37:55,587 --> 00:37:56,964
I'm a conservative.
469
00:37:57,130 --> 00:38:00,426
By God, don't go violating
the law or we're gonna get you.
470
00:38:00,592 --> 00:38:04,680
And you should be punished
if you're found guilty.
471
00:38:04,847 --> 00:38:07,892
I mean, that's me.
472
00:38:08,851 --> 00:38:11,980
Hey, this is me. I'm, um...
473
00:38:12,146 --> 00:38:13,606
I just was able to see the judge.
474
00:38:13,773 --> 00:38:18,153
I don't really know, they got
me sitting in a $5,000 bond.
475
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:22,783
I'm still just at a loss for words,
honestly, about this whole process.
476
00:38:22,950 --> 00:38:24,993
How this switching lanes
with no signal
477
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:27,579
turned into all of this,
I don't even know.
478
00:38:27,746 --> 00:38:29,456
Um, but I'm still here.
479
00:38:29,623 --> 00:38:33,044
So, I guess call me back
when you can.
480
00:38:36,506 --> 00:38:40,510
Ms. Bland's bond
was set at $5,000.
481
00:38:40,677 --> 00:38:45,348
But most bondsmen here
charge about 10 percent.
482
00:38:45,515 --> 00:38:49,811
So basically,
it'd have been about 500.
483
00:38:51,522 --> 00:38:53,607
She called me from the jail.
484
00:38:53,774 --> 00:38:55,859
She didn't have any money,
what she said.
485
00:38:56,026 --> 00:38:59,697
And I said, "Well, you got
somebody that can help you,
486
00:38:59,864 --> 00:39:02,450
or I need to call?"
487
00:39:03,159 --> 00:39:05,745
I called her sister,
and her sister said,
488
00:39:05,912 --> 00:39:07,413
"I had told Sandra
all I had was..."
489
00:39:07,580 --> 00:39:11,376
I think she said a hundred, and "My
rent's due," blah, blah, blah.
490
00:39:11,543 --> 00:39:15,172
So the next person called
me after that was her mom.
491
00:39:15,339 --> 00:39:20,344
I say, "Okay. I'm going to get
with the rest of the family,
492
00:39:20,511 --> 00:39:23,347
and we'll get back with you."
493
00:39:25,641 --> 00:39:27,018
There was no sense of,
494
00:39:27,602 --> 00:39:32,273
Oh, Jesus, I gotta jump down here, go
on a plane and go do this right now.
495
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:34,442
No.
496
00:39:35,527 --> 00:39:38,280
The main thing for us was,
497
00:39:38,446 --> 00:39:41,533
she said,
"I'm gonna call you back."
498
00:39:43,368 --> 00:39:45,287
And the next phone call
I got from the family was
499
00:39:45,454 --> 00:39:49,375
that Monday afternoon, when her
mom called me and said, uh...
500
00:39:49,542 --> 00:39:54,088
"Mr. Booker, they said my daughter's
in the morgue," and that was it.
501
00:39:56,966 --> 00:39:59,510
We were very upset
and saddened by it,
502
00:39:59,677 --> 00:40:01,262
but at the same time,
503
00:40:01,429 --> 00:40:03,223
myself and Elton Mathis
504
00:40:03,390 --> 00:40:07,018
we were bound and determined to make
sure whatever the process was,
505
00:40:07,185 --> 00:40:09,271
that it would be
open and transparent
506
00:40:09,438 --> 00:40:11,815
from the beginning till the end.
507
00:40:14,193 --> 00:40:20,491
The truth is, it was not the authorities
that called me. I'm the mom.
508
00:40:21,325 --> 00:40:28,416
There was never a phone call from
Waller County about Sandy's death.
509
00:40:31,253 --> 00:40:33,255
When someone told
me that Sandy hung herself,
510
00:40:33,421 --> 00:40:36,049
it was like this overwhelming
feeling of oppression.
511
00:40:36,216 --> 00:40:38,260
Right, 'cause the thing
that happened with the kids
512
00:40:38,427 --> 00:40:43,891
in Texas, where they were body-slammed
at the pool party had just happened.
513
00:40:44,225 --> 00:40:45,726
Get down! Down!
514
00:40:45,893 --> 00:40:48,604
There was so much
unrest in the country,
515
00:40:48,771 --> 00:40:51,524
and this is not
just happening on TV,
516
00:40:51,691 --> 00:40:53,776
and it's happening to someone
who you knew.
517
00:40:53,943 --> 00:40:58,782
None of that made sense about who she
was, the type of person she was,
518
00:40:58,949 --> 00:41:01,702
the type of fighter that she was.
519
00:41:01,868 --> 00:41:03,620
Good morning, my
beautiful kings and queens.
520
00:41:03,787 --> 00:41:09,877
If you could see my poster, here, "All
white people are not against us."
521
00:41:16,259 --> 00:41:17,719
-So call the police.
-Okay.
522
00:41:17,885 --> 00:41:20,513
All right. Go ahead.
523
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:22,056
Go right ahead.
524
00:41:22,223 --> 00:41:25,977
All right. Y'all see it. The
police are about to get called.
525
00:41:26,144 --> 00:41:29,356
"Sandy Speaks." Game is on.
526
00:41:32,025 --> 00:41:34,695
When the video
came out, I was enraged.
527
00:41:34,862 --> 00:41:36,739
That she would go into a jail
528
00:41:36,906 --> 00:41:42,078
and cower away and kill herself made
no sense to me.
529
00:41:42,245 --> 00:41:43,913
Something was not right.
530
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:47,000
I just kept posting articles and
information and trying to get people
531
00:41:47,167 --> 00:41:49,794
out there, and like, Sandra Bland.
Say her name, say her name.
532
00:41:49,961 --> 00:41:53,799
Prairie View alumni kept tweeting
and tweeting and Instagram-ing
533
00:41:53,965 --> 00:41:58,178
and Facebook-ing and hashtag-ing
her name everywhere.
534
00:42:05,770 --> 00:42:09,065
Hello, this is Hannah Bonner. I'm
here at the Waller County Jail.
535
00:42:09,232 --> 00:42:13,194
When Sandra died,
we had not seen a woman's name
536
00:42:13,361 --> 00:42:16,031
have that staying power
that we had seen
537
00:42:16,197 --> 00:42:19,201
with Michael Brown, Tamir Rice,
Trayvon Martin.
538
00:42:19,367 --> 00:42:25,958
Women had died, but we had not
continued to say their names.
539
00:42:30,713 --> 00:42:36,719
So she died on Monday, and by
Wednesday night I was at the jail.
540
00:42:39,180 --> 00:42:42,308
And we lit a candle
that had the hashtag:
541
00:42:42,475 --> 00:42:44,811
What Happened to Sandra Bland.
542
00:42:44,978 --> 00:42:48,899
And so somebody from inside
the jail blew the candle out.
543
00:42:49,066 --> 00:42:52,986
You have a responsibility
to serve and protect me.
544
00:42:53,153 --> 00:42:54,947
-No, I don't.
-Oh. Oh!
545
00:42:55,114 --> 00:42:59,327
-You don't?
-You don't want me to.
546
00:43:00,036 --> 00:43:05,124
Then we started projecting
onto the wall of the jail.
547
00:43:05,750 --> 00:43:10,380
I was asked, was I trying
to racially unite
548
00:43:10,547 --> 00:43:13,467
or racially incite.
549
00:43:13,967 --> 00:43:16,887
Well, honestly, I feel that
550
00:43:17,054 --> 00:43:21,558
my goal is to racially unite.
Now...
551
00:43:21,725 --> 00:43:26,230
in the process of doing that,
some people will be incited,
552
00:43:26,397 --> 00:43:32,320
i.e. upset, because based
on the history of America,
553
00:43:32,487 --> 00:43:38,743
it is not good when it comes
to black and white people.
554
00:43:46,794 --> 00:43:49,964
Sandra Bland didn't have to be here.
555
00:43:50,130 --> 00:43:52,967
America allowed this to happen.
556
00:43:53,134 --> 00:43:57,388
Because these idiots, these Europeans
have miseducated our people.
557
00:43:57,555 --> 00:44:00,350
-Too black, too strong!
-Too black, too strong!
558
00:44:00,517 --> 00:44:03,061
-Too black, too strong!
-Too black, too strong!
559
00:44:03,228 --> 00:44:05,188
-All power to the people!
-All power to the people!
560
00:44:05,355 --> 00:44:07,357
-All power to the people!
-All power to the people!
561
00:44:07,524 --> 00:44:10,027
-Too black, too strong!
-Too black, too strong!
562
00:44:10,193 --> 00:44:12,946
-No more pigs in my community!
-Off the pig!
563
00:44:13,113 --> 00:44:15,950
-No more pigs in my community!
-Off the pig!
564
00:44:16,116 --> 00:44:18,869
-Revolution has come!
-Off the pig!
565
00:44:19,036 --> 00:44:21,622
-No more sisters in jail!
-Off the pig!
566
00:44:21,789 --> 00:44:25,084
-Pigs are going to catch hell!
-Off the pig!
567
00:44:25,251 --> 00:44:26,628
-Oink, oink!
-Oink, oink!
568
00:44:27,879 --> 00:44:30,090
Panther patch, it says,
"Freedom or death!"
569
00:44:30,256 --> 00:44:31,716
And we mean it till our last breath!
570
00:44:31,883 --> 00:44:33,468
And we mean it
till our last breath!
571
00:44:33,635 --> 00:44:35,012
-Whose streets?
-Our streets!
572
00:44:35,178 --> 00:44:37,347
-Whose streets?
-Our streets!
573
00:44:41,644 --> 00:44:43,145
We're back in Chicago.
574
00:44:43,312 --> 00:44:49,152
Sandy is back in Chicago, and
we're preparing to bury her.
575
00:44:49,318 --> 00:44:51,529
We're burying her on Saturday.
576
00:44:52,447 --> 00:44:55,450
And my first text that
I receive from Mr. Mathis,
577
00:44:55,617 --> 00:44:57,911
the district attorney down there,
578
00:44:58,078 --> 00:45:02,082
he says to me at 4:58,
"Where is the body?
579
00:45:02,249 --> 00:45:05,294
"Do you have the results back
on your autopsy?"
580
00:45:05,461 --> 00:45:11,592
I say in response, "Sandy is here with
us. We haven't received our report yet."
581
00:45:11,759 --> 00:45:15,346
So this is part of what makes me
start to feel like
582
00:45:15,513 --> 00:45:17,432
there's a little gamesmanship
that's going on
583
00:45:17,598 --> 00:45:20,768
because he knows that I can't
have a full autopsy report.
584
00:45:20,935 --> 00:45:26,525
He then says, "Looking at the
autopsy results and toxicology,
585
00:45:26,691 --> 00:45:28,944
"it appears that she may have swallowed
586
00:45:29,111 --> 00:45:31,196
a large quantity of marijuana or smoked
it in jail.
587
00:45:31,363 --> 00:45:34,199
"Since your client has
possession of Ms. Bland's body,
588
00:45:34,366 --> 00:45:38,454
"I must ask it not be disturbed
any more than necessary
589
00:45:38,621 --> 00:45:44,377
"and that a proper chain of custody be
kept, so that she will be available
590
00:45:44,544 --> 00:45:48,757
"for future examination
by qualified experts.
591
00:45:48,923 --> 00:45:50,800
Notice is given
at 5:10 p.m."
592
00:45:50,967 --> 00:45:54,262
That "notice is given at 5:10 p.m."
is a specific effort
593
00:45:54,429 --> 00:45:55,973
to try and shift the burden
594
00:45:56,139 --> 00:45:59,351
as it relates to the destruction
of evidence on this family
595
00:45:59,518 --> 00:46:01,145
when they know that
they're about to bury her.
596
00:46:01,312 --> 00:46:08,444
You don't release a body if there's
more tests that you need on that body.
597
00:46:08,611 --> 00:46:10,113
Do you think that's enough
to cover some? I mean--
598
00:46:10,279 --> 00:46:13,658
You're not only going to be asking what
the policies, procedures, protocols,
599
00:46:13,825 --> 00:46:16,119
and guidelines are,
but you're also going to say,
600
00:46:16,286 --> 00:46:18,121
-"as it relates to booking."
-That makes sense.
601
00:46:18,288 --> 00:46:23,293
Perfect. When you start to deal
with, frankly, deception,
602
00:46:23,460 --> 00:46:25,420
we could potentially file a lawsuit,
603
00:46:25,587 --> 00:46:28,007
if we wanted to, down there, in Waller
County.
604
00:46:28,173 --> 00:46:30,759
You file a suit so you can make people
605
00:46:30,926 --> 00:46:33,721
give you the information that the family
is entitled to.
606
00:46:33,888 --> 00:46:36,849
I mean, for Christ's sakes
she died in their custody.
607
00:46:37,016 --> 00:46:39,727
We were able to get access
to Sandra Bland's cell.
608
00:46:39,894 --> 00:46:42,605
You can see they've left a lot
of it just like the way it was.
609
00:46:42,772 --> 00:46:44,149
The food is still sitting here.
610
00:46:44,316 --> 00:46:46,693
The bed is still in the same arrangement
that it was left in.
611
00:46:46,860 --> 00:46:48,862
But there's a lot of attention
being paid
612
00:46:49,029 --> 00:46:50,822
to the trash bag just like this one.
613
00:46:50,989 --> 00:46:52,991
And this trash liner.
Of course, this trash liner
614
00:46:53,158 --> 00:46:55,578
is what's believed that was used
615
00:46:55,744 --> 00:46:58,956
to string up here, and for Sandra Bland
to hang herself.
616
00:46:59,123 --> 00:47:03,002
There were reporters,
as we know, go into the cell,
617
00:47:03,169 --> 00:47:06,339
in its state that it was
claimed to have been in
618
00:47:06,506 --> 00:47:08,299
at the time that Sandy passed.
619
00:47:08,466 --> 00:47:12,220
And that says that is
not being preserved.
620
00:47:12,387 --> 00:47:19,436
It just blows my mind that that
could have happened, but it did.
621
00:47:32,283 --> 00:47:35,203
Eighteen years ago,
622
00:47:35,370 --> 00:47:36,955
a single parent
623
00:47:37,122 --> 00:47:43,128
brought five little girls
to this church.
624
00:47:43,295 --> 00:47:49,802
And Sandra Bland was
one of our victories.
625
00:47:49,969 --> 00:47:53,347
Before she was formed...
626
00:47:53,514 --> 00:47:56,976
God spoke into her spirit.
627
00:47:57,268 --> 00:48:03,066
"Now I'm sending you
into a strange land.
628
00:48:03,233 --> 00:48:06,236
"All of the authorities
are not fair.
629
00:48:06,403 --> 00:48:09,072
"All of the politicians
are not honest.
630
00:48:09,239 --> 00:48:14,078
"And I'm sending you, Sandy Bland--
that's what they're going to name you--
631
00:48:14,244 --> 00:48:19,333
I'm sending you not to shut up,
but to speak up."
632
00:48:19,500 --> 00:48:22,295
And here came Sandy.
633
00:48:22,461 --> 00:48:26,883
"Good morning, my kings and queens.
634
00:48:27,425 --> 00:48:32,305
"I'm not a racist.
I don't believe in violence.
635
00:48:32,472 --> 00:48:35,183
"I'm not trying to incite.
636
00:48:35,350 --> 00:48:37,394
"I'm trying to unite.
637
00:48:37,561 --> 00:48:41,065
"Sandy Speaks."
638
00:48:41,231 --> 00:48:42,608
As a matter of fact...
639
00:48:42,775 --> 00:48:44,485
...when I think of Sandy Bland,
640
00:48:44,652 --> 00:48:49,866
I'm going to think of more than an
outspoken, strong-willed black woman.
641
00:48:50,032 --> 00:48:54,162
But I'm going to think of Jesus!
Oh, yes I am!
642
00:48:54,329 --> 00:49:00,043
'Cause don't you know, Sandy was
raised in a blended family.
643
00:49:00,210 --> 00:49:04,798
Like Jesus,
she was brutally arrested.
644
00:49:04,965 --> 00:49:10,930
Like Jesus, she died
in the custody of authority.
645
00:49:11,096 --> 00:49:16,185
Like Jesus, Sandy's still speaking.
646
00:49:16,352 --> 00:49:18,730
Are you listening?
647
00:49:18,980 --> 00:49:21,775
Are you listening?
648
00:49:48,928 --> 00:49:51,598
I lost my best
friend and my sister.
649
00:49:55,310 --> 00:49:57,938
And I know that the closure
650
00:49:58,105 --> 00:50:03,485
that I need will not come until
the legal process is complete.
651
00:50:21,254 --> 00:50:25,801
I assembled a team
of special prosecutors.
652
00:50:25,968 --> 00:50:29,847
Two African-American
special prosecutors,
653
00:50:30,014 --> 00:50:32,558
a female prosecutor, Anglo,
654
00:50:32,725 --> 00:50:35,186
and two male Anglo prosecutors,
655
00:50:35,353 --> 00:50:39,857
all of which were actually
defense attorneys--
656
00:50:40,024 --> 00:50:44,279
people that would traditionally
be antagonistic
657
00:50:44,446 --> 00:50:46,198
toward law enforcement,
658
00:50:46,364 --> 00:50:52,246
to come in and review what
happened to Sandy in that jail.
659
00:50:52,412 --> 00:50:55,082
The saying
is that a prosecutor
660
00:50:55,249 --> 00:50:58,919
can use a grand jury
to indict a ham sandwich.
661
00:50:59,086 --> 00:51:00,796
Basically, whatever result
662
00:51:00,963 --> 00:51:03,591
the prosecutor wants to see
come out of the grand jury,
663
00:51:03,758 --> 00:51:07,554
they can manipulate
the evidence to secure.
664
00:51:07,720 --> 00:51:14,144
I disagree with the old statement
that you can indict a ham sandwich.
665
00:51:14,311 --> 00:51:17,147
My grand jurors have always
been smarter than that.
666
00:51:17,314 --> 00:51:22,611
And my grand jurors don't just let
me come in and do whatever I want.
667
00:51:26,991 --> 00:51:33,081
I think it's a... a farce,
the criminal investigation.
668
00:51:33,248 --> 00:51:37,252
I bet you money that the DA
down there, they'll say,
669
00:51:37,419 --> 00:51:41,131
"All of the evidence that we presented
to the grand jury was assessed,
670
00:51:41,298 --> 00:51:44,843
"and they made a determination
that nobody should be charged."
671
00:51:45,010 --> 00:51:48,472
But the practical reality
of a grand jury investigation
672
00:51:48,639 --> 00:51:50,057
is that it's not adversarial.
673
00:51:50,224 --> 00:51:53,352
I can't be there, I don't
get to submit any evidence.
674
00:51:53,519 --> 00:51:58,358
They get to choose what evidence they
submit and what evidence they don't.
675
00:51:58,524 --> 00:52:00,235
They may not choose to submit
676
00:52:00,401 --> 00:52:04,406
any of the dashcam video
if they investigate Encinia.
677
00:52:04,572 --> 00:52:07,451
They get to say, "Sandy was pulled over
678
00:52:07,617 --> 00:52:10,787
because she failed
to use her turn signal.
679
00:52:10,954 --> 00:52:15,125
"She got aggressive,
and she had to be arrested."
680
00:52:15,292 --> 00:52:16,836
And there's no way for us to know
681
00:52:17,002 --> 00:52:19,797
whether or not that's all
the evidence they really give.
682
00:52:19,964 --> 00:52:22,175
Why? Because it's
a secret proceeding.
683
00:52:22,341 --> 00:52:26,137
It's a secret proceeding that no
one will ever be able to access.
684
00:52:26,304 --> 00:52:28,640
In two
miles take Exit 2,
685
00:52:28,807 --> 00:52:31,309
-79A for US... to US-20...
-Oh!
686
00:52:31,476 --> 00:52:34,730
-...US-45 La Grange Road.
-Okay.
687
00:52:37,733 --> 00:52:41,570
This is in Maryland,
they have a mobile billboard
688
00:52:41,737 --> 00:52:46,909
that says "Department of Justice,
Launch an Investigation.
689
00:52:47,076 --> 00:52:49,162
Justice for Sandra Bland."
690
00:52:49,328 --> 00:52:52,290
That was on the side
of someone's truck.
691
00:52:52,999 --> 00:52:57,629
I feel like a large part of the
world has glossed over the stop,
692
00:52:57,796 --> 00:53:00,465
and they just talk about
how she got in jail
693
00:53:00,632 --> 00:53:03,927
and what may have happened in jail.
694
00:53:04,094 --> 00:53:05,596
When you terminate someone,
695
00:53:05,762 --> 00:53:08,557
you are letting them know
that you have broken protocol.
696
00:53:08,724 --> 00:53:10,976
and you have put us
as an organization at risk.
697
00:53:11,143 --> 00:53:16,899
And so why that hasn't happened
with Officer Encinia, I don't know.
698
00:53:22,322 --> 00:53:26,827
I mean, your emotions are too raw to
even come to a grave and visit anybody.
699
00:53:26,993 --> 00:53:28,578
So the last couple of weeks,
I mean, she was--
700
00:53:28,745 --> 00:53:33,041
even though she passed away on the 13th,
she wasn't buried until the 25th.
701
00:53:37,421 --> 00:53:41,050
Authorities say Bland
had drugs in her system
702
00:53:41,217 --> 00:53:42,927
at the time of her death.
703
00:53:43,094 --> 00:53:47,307
There have been some
instances or claims
704
00:53:47,473 --> 00:53:51,269
about a substantial amount of
marijuana found in her system.
705
00:53:51,436 --> 00:53:53,688
I can tell you that there has been
706
00:53:53,855 --> 00:53:57,526
a confirmation of those results.
707
00:53:58,652 --> 00:54:00,446
One thing
was pretty certain was
708
00:54:00,612 --> 00:54:05,493
that she had a substantial
amount of marijuana in her body.
709
00:54:05,659 --> 00:54:09,413
To me it was interesting fact,
because it plays on her psyche,
710
00:54:09,580 --> 00:54:12,542
it plays onto why
she may have been suicidal
711
00:54:12,709 --> 00:54:14,502
and why nobody knew about it.
712
00:54:14,669 --> 00:54:19,132
What they've tried
to suggest, by marijuana,
713
00:54:19,299 --> 00:54:22,761
is a crock, is a crock of manure.
714
00:54:22,928 --> 00:54:28,058
And it was a direct attack
on her character.
715
00:54:30,561 --> 00:54:33,272
Sandra Bland
was very combative.
716
00:54:33,439 --> 00:54:37,318
-What does that mean?
-It was, um...
717
00:54:37,944 --> 00:54:40,196
It was not a model traffic stop,
718
00:54:40,363 --> 00:54:46,620
or--and it was not a model person
that was stopped on a traffic stop.
719
00:54:50,415 --> 00:54:55,170
We went to the auto
shop, where the car was.
720
00:54:55,337 --> 00:54:58,758
This is the purse
that she had in the car.
721
00:54:58,924 --> 00:55:04,138
We also found the cigarette
that she was asked to put out.
722
00:55:04,305 --> 00:55:05,765
And she put it out.
723
00:55:05,932 --> 00:55:09,102
The area where you
put out a cigarette,
724
00:55:09,269 --> 00:55:12,522
it was sticking,
standing straight up.
725
00:55:12,689 --> 00:55:16,526
So even though she said, "I don't
have to put it out," she put it out.
726
00:55:16,693 --> 00:55:21,949
And even in spite of that, she was
still made to get out of the car.
727
00:55:26,996 --> 00:55:30,625
"Death and life are in
the power of the tongue,
728
00:55:30,792 --> 00:55:35,839
and those who lose it,
will eat its fruit."
729
00:55:36,381 --> 00:55:39,801
Man, that is a word.
730
00:55:39,968 --> 00:55:41,344
Hmm.
731
00:55:43,931 --> 00:55:45,933
How did Sandy die?
732
00:55:46,100 --> 00:55:49,228
Well, now we're trying to say, "Oh!
733
00:55:49,395 --> 00:55:50,771
"Let's not look at
what really happened.
734
00:55:50,938 --> 00:55:55,943
Let's talk about this marijuana
that was in her system."
735
00:55:56,110 --> 00:56:03,159
And so now she changes from the poor
young lady who passed in a jail cell
736
00:56:03,326 --> 00:56:08,415
to "Oh, she was crazy.
She had a mental illness."
737
00:56:08,582 --> 00:56:12,586
You can throw
all of the... insults,
738
00:56:12,753 --> 00:56:14,630
you can throw all
of what you want to throw,
739
00:56:14,797 --> 00:56:18,467
I'm still going to stand
until everything is uncovered.
740
00:56:18,634 --> 00:56:21,470
Bland's autopsy
has been completed...
741
00:56:32,607 --> 00:56:36,486
I'm going to have the press
conference tomorrow morning at nine.
742
00:56:36,653 --> 00:56:39,156
I mean, we're going to get up
there and we're going say,
743
00:56:39,323 --> 00:56:42,242
"We've made the decision at this time,
necessary for us to file suit."
744
00:56:42,409 --> 00:56:45,996
"Why now? The reason we're suing
now is, they're making us file.
745
00:56:46,163 --> 00:56:50,585
We've asked for the same information
that the media's released. Right?
746
00:56:50,752 --> 00:56:55,924
They're giving it piecemeal to the
media in a way that helps them.
747
00:56:56,091 --> 00:56:57,926
We're forced to litigate this
748
00:56:58,093 --> 00:57:00,428
because we have an in-custody
death that's unexplained.
749
00:57:00,595 --> 00:57:03,724
We're not getting information. We
need to know the true time of death.
750
00:57:03,890 --> 00:57:07,895
Was it on the 13th? Was it the 12th?
Was the rigor mortis set in?
751
00:57:08,062 --> 00:57:09,480
All of those things are unknown.
752
00:57:10,064 --> 00:57:12,358
The doctor that did
our independent autopsy
753
00:57:12,525 --> 00:57:16,529
does not have the gastric content,
754
00:57:16,696 --> 00:57:18,114
because that's still
in their possession.
755
00:57:18,281 --> 00:57:20,408
She doesn't have the ligature,
that's still in their possession.
756
00:57:20,575 --> 00:57:23,078
And then try to spin it back
to the arrest.
757
00:57:23,244 --> 00:57:24,746
-What do you think?
-Police officers know
758
00:57:24,913 --> 00:57:28,291
where the video is. So at the point
where she's not in the video,
759
00:57:28,458 --> 00:57:30,252
the police officer did
something else to her.
760
00:57:30,419 --> 00:57:32,671
Obviously, she wouldn't just say,
"You're breaking my wrist..."
761
00:57:32,838 --> 00:57:35,507
-Correct, correct.
-...outside the scope of the camera.
762
00:57:35,674 --> 00:57:37,760
-Okay, they know exactly where it is.
-Mm-hmm
763
00:57:37,927 --> 00:57:40,137
So that's kind of how we frame it.
764
00:57:40,304 --> 00:57:43,808
That they're trained to go outside
of the view of the camera.
765
00:57:43,975 --> 00:57:45,351
-Yeah.
-Mm-hmm.
766
00:57:45,518 --> 00:57:47,729
Okay. Rangers are our friends.
767
00:57:47,896 --> 00:57:53,401
They are really good at coming in and
taking care of issues like this.
768
00:57:53,568 --> 00:57:57,072
I don't think that there's
ever been an issue like this.
769
00:57:57,239 --> 00:57:58,991
When I sent my family down here,
770
00:57:59,158 --> 00:58:02,411
they were supposed to be
coming back with Sandy's items.
771
00:58:02,578 --> 00:58:04,997
They were supposed to-- we were
told we could get her phone,
772
00:58:05,164 --> 00:58:06,916
we were told we could
get all of that.
773
00:58:07,083 --> 00:58:10,628
And when they got here,
that totally flipped around.
774
00:58:10,795 --> 00:58:13,631
And so, now...
775
00:58:13,798 --> 00:58:16,718
we gotta do what we have to do.
776
00:58:17,552 --> 00:58:22,391
The family of Sandra Bland will
be filing suit on August 4, 2015,
777
00:58:22,557 --> 00:58:28,605
uh, at the federal courthouse,
Houston.
778
00:58:35,363 --> 00:58:36,989
-Have a nice day.
-Thank you.
779
00:58:37,156 --> 00:58:39,117
You know that they say,
don't mess with Texas?
780
00:58:39,284 --> 00:58:41,536
But we're down here
to mess with Texas.
781
00:58:41,703 --> 00:58:43,955
Or they got the message.
782
00:58:59,305 --> 00:59:02,475
We sued Waller County
sheriff, Brian Encinia.
783
00:59:02,642 --> 00:59:08,523
We sued both of the booking
officers at Waller County.
784
00:59:08,690 --> 00:59:11,526
There's the assault
and battery counts,
785
00:59:11,693 --> 00:59:13,695
there's the wrongful death count,
786
00:59:13,862 --> 00:59:15,614
there's the survival count.
787
00:59:15,781 --> 00:59:20,953
There were constitutional
rights that were violated.
788
00:59:21,161 --> 00:59:26,042
People in this country have died
for the opportunity to make sure
789
00:59:26,208 --> 00:59:28,127
that we have a voice at this point.
790
00:59:28,294 --> 00:59:31,964
And we're going to muster
the strength to use it.
791
00:59:32,131 --> 00:59:36,344
And when you file suit,
you're saying,
792
00:59:36,511 --> 00:59:38,054
this wasn't right.
793
00:59:38,221 --> 00:59:41,016
And you might be, quote, "the man,"
794
00:59:41,183 --> 00:59:44,770
you might be, quote, "the system,"
795
00:59:44,937 --> 00:59:48,857
but we feel like
something's got to change.
796
00:59:58,451 --> 01:00:00,119
Folks, thanks
very much for coming.
797
01:00:00,286 --> 01:00:05,625
We, in filing this lawsuit, are looking
to hold those who are responsible
798
01:00:05,792 --> 01:00:11,256
for the stop, and Sandy's
ultimate death, accountable.
799
01:00:11,423 --> 01:00:13,842
This is
a homicide or a suicide?
800
01:00:14,009 --> 01:00:17,221
This family is
a reasonable family.
801
01:00:17,388 --> 01:00:22,143
In the face of Sandy
being the light that she was,
802
01:00:22,310 --> 01:00:25,521
it is very difficult for them
to get their minds around
803
01:00:25,688 --> 01:00:27,899
the notion that
she would hurt herself.
804
01:00:28,066 --> 01:00:32,946
What happened to Sandy is
indicative of a larger conversation.
805
01:00:33,113 --> 01:00:37,075
How does Sandra Bland's story
play into that larger narrative?
806
01:00:37,242 --> 01:00:41,163
If, ultimately, the answer to
your question is, unfortunately,
807
01:00:41,330 --> 01:00:44,667
that Sandy took her own life,
does that at all change?
808
01:00:44,834 --> 01:00:46,585
She should not have
been there in the first place.
809
01:00:46,752 --> 01:00:48,421
The fact that she was pulled over
810
01:00:48,588 --> 01:00:51,049
for a failure to signal
a lane change, okay,
811
01:00:51,215 --> 01:00:55,220
the fact that she honestly and
was forthcoming and complying
812
01:00:55,386 --> 01:00:59,140
with the police officer when he
asked her for her identification.
813
01:00:59,307 --> 01:01:01,226
That's what he asked her for.
814
01:01:01,393 --> 01:01:03,687
The other ask of her,
and where his tone changed
815
01:01:03,854 --> 01:01:05,647
was when he asked her
to put her cigarette out.
816
01:01:05,814 --> 01:01:08,943
To which she replied, "I don't
have to put my cigarette out,
817
01:01:09,109 --> 01:01:10,569
"I'm in my own vehicle."
818
01:01:10,736 --> 01:01:14,282
There's a seismic shift in the
conversation that takes place there.
819
01:01:14,448 --> 01:01:18,536
It's unfortunate, and I think that
the key word to remember here
820
01:01:18,703 --> 01:01:21,873
is the inability
to de-escalate the situation.
821
01:01:22,040 --> 01:01:24,376
The fact that the situation
escalated in such a way
822
01:01:24,542 --> 01:01:29,715
that we have a young lady who was
merely on her way to get groceries,
823
01:01:29,881 --> 01:01:33,093
on her way to get groceries
to stock her refrigerator,
824
01:01:33,260 --> 01:01:36,764
on a Friday afternoon,
she ends up jailed,
825
01:01:36,931 --> 01:01:39,225
she ends up dying in police custody.
826
01:01:39,392 --> 01:01:42,770
We are three weeks out
from Sandra's death.
827
01:01:42,937 --> 01:01:45,398
We are a week out from burying her,
828
01:01:45,565 --> 01:01:48,526
and we still don't know
what happened to her.
829
01:01:51,696 --> 01:01:55,534
You can't have somebody
who speaks this message...
830
01:01:55,701 --> 01:01:59,455
-That's right. That's right.
-...that is suicidal.
831
01:01:59,621 --> 01:02:01,123
-No way.
-No way.
832
01:02:01,290 --> 01:02:02,666
-Say her name!
-Sandra Bland!
833
01:02:02,833 --> 01:02:04,668
-Say her name!
-Sandra Bland!
834
01:02:04,835 --> 01:02:06,545
-Say her name!
-Sandra Bland!
835
01:02:06,712 --> 01:02:08,089
-Say her name!
-Sandra Bland!
836
01:02:08,256 --> 01:02:10,800
The local sheriff, shedding
new light on their statement
837
01:02:10,967 --> 01:02:12,927
that Sandra Bland committed suicide.
838
01:02:13,094 --> 01:02:15,889
Releasing this intake form
from the day Bland was jailed,
839
01:02:18,141 --> 01:02:20,435
She
attempted suicide within the last year.
840
01:02:20,602 --> 01:02:25,065
Are you thinking
about killing yourself today?
841
01:02:25,232 --> 01:02:27,860
Sandra answering no.
842
01:02:31,864 --> 01:02:35,618
I can understand where
she was probably scared.
843
01:02:35,785 --> 01:02:39,706
She was likely going to lose
her job at her alma mater,
844
01:02:39,872 --> 01:02:41,249
that she had just gotten,
845
01:02:41,416 --> 01:02:45,295
because now, she picked up a felony.
846
01:02:48,090 --> 01:02:52,970
She had lost a baby 14 months prior.
847
01:02:56,974 --> 01:03:01,771
"I'm in a new location,
far away from my family."
848
01:03:01,938 --> 01:03:04,315
They knew what her bond was.
849
01:03:04,482 --> 01:03:07,277
She wasn't being bonded out.
850
01:03:13,700 --> 01:03:19,581
She's sitting there thinking
about, what am I going to do.
851
01:03:21,792 --> 01:03:24,295
She come in
here Friday afternoon,
852
01:03:24,462 --> 01:03:27,089
as an aggravated, upset individual
853
01:03:27,256 --> 01:03:30,635
that probably any of us
would have been.
854
01:03:34,430 --> 01:03:36,391
You got a concrete floor,
855
01:03:36,558 --> 01:03:41,396
concrete walls,
and a solid iron door.
856
01:03:43,106 --> 01:03:49,822
Your physical body with a
high level of THC is working.
857
01:03:50,155 --> 01:03:53,993
And by Monday morning,
your world has--
858
01:03:54,160 --> 01:03:57,830
in your mind, your world has ended.
859
01:04:01,584 --> 01:04:03,878
Suicide is extremely tough.
860
01:04:04,045 --> 01:04:06,756
I can't imagine what her family
has gone through.
861
01:04:06,923 --> 01:04:10,218
I, too, have had
close family members
862
01:04:10,385 --> 01:04:14,098
that have taken their life
and it's hard to understand.
863
01:04:16,141 --> 01:04:19,812
Did she want to
do that in completion,
864
01:04:19,979 --> 01:04:23,983
or did she do it by accident,
865
01:04:24,150 --> 01:04:28,571
wanting to be, maybe caught,
for extra attention?
866
01:04:28,738 --> 01:04:33,827
Those things, you know,
none of us would ever know.
867
01:04:36,872 --> 01:04:39,333
I was there
for the miscarriage.
868
01:04:39,500 --> 01:04:41,627
I was at the hospital
with her and everything,
869
01:04:41,794 --> 01:04:43,879
and she was, she was sad.
870
01:04:45,131 --> 01:04:50,553
But I was not knowledgeable
of any suicide attempt.
871
01:04:51,220 --> 01:04:57,894
Sharon called. She said, "They're saying
that she committed suicide."
872
01:04:58,061 --> 01:05:02,607
And that just wasn't
the Sandy that I knew.
873
01:05:05,319 --> 01:05:08,238
About a month before
the unfortunate incident,
874
01:05:08,405 --> 01:05:11,951
she had said, "Reverend Brazier,
I think I got my purpose.
875
01:05:12,118 --> 01:05:14,245
I think I know
what I want to do."
876
01:05:14,412 --> 01:05:17,915
She came out from
under the table with this...
877
01:05:18,082 --> 01:05:20,043
it was a binder,
878
01:05:20,209 --> 01:05:22,629
about an inch and a half,
two inches thick,
879
01:05:22,796 --> 01:05:28,260
of all this research that she
had done on police brutality.
880
01:05:28,427 --> 01:05:31,972
Body cams, Trayvon Martin,
you know, legislation.
881
01:05:32,139 --> 01:05:35,601
My job has become,
helping wherever I can.
882
01:05:35,768 --> 01:05:39,397
Inspired by the Million Man
March, there was the creation
883
01:05:39,563 --> 01:05:42,275
of the National African-American
parent involvement...
884
01:05:42,441 --> 01:05:46,571
Racism is still alive today, and it
still... All the odds are against us.
885
01:05:46,738 --> 01:05:51,242
In Ferguson, there were two
gentlemen who decided to disrupt
886
01:05:51,409 --> 01:05:55,831
a peaceful protest
and shoot into the crowd.
887
01:05:55,998 --> 01:05:57,416
Y'all, this has got to stop.
888
01:05:57,583 --> 01:06:02,087
When you see somebody
who is such an advocate
889
01:06:02,254 --> 01:06:03,797
for the people coming behind her,
890
01:06:03,964 --> 01:06:08,010
it is very difficult to understand why
she would decide to kill herself.
891
01:06:08,177 --> 01:06:11,055
-We have a job to do.
-That just does not jive.
892
01:06:11,222 --> 01:06:14,434
You got to conquer hate with love.
Where somebody is being racist...
893
01:06:14,601 --> 01:06:19,272
Let's get to work.
I'm ready. What about you?
894
01:06:19,439 --> 01:06:22,109
I knew instantly
that it was a cover-up.
895
01:06:22,275 --> 01:06:24,820
because I know that
that wasn't in her character.
896
01:06:24,987 --> 01:06:27,322
I had talked to her, I had seen her.
897
01:06:27,489 --> 01:06:31,494
And if you know Sandra Bland, you
know, she's had much harder times
898
01:06:31,660 --> 01:06:35,581
than sitting in jail for three days.
899
01:06:36,833 --> 01:06:42,881
In 2009, Sandra was
charged with possession of marijuana.
900
01:06:43,047 --> 01:06:44,966
It was a personal use amount,
901
01:06:45,133 --> 01:06:48,011
but we ended up getting
that case dismissed.
902
01:06:48,178 --> 01:06:51,557
In 2010, she was arrested for DWI,
903
01:06:51,723 --> 01:06:56,103
as well as possession
of marijuana, again.
904
01:06:56,604 --> 01:06:58,647
Thirty-six.
905
01:06:58,814 --> 01:07:01,776
In lieu of paying the
ticket because you can't afford it,
906
01:07:01,943 --> 01:07:05,154
they'll let you
sit the ticket out in jail.
907
01:07:05,321 --> 01:07:07,657
They charge X amount
of dollars per day,
908
01:07:07,824 --> 01:07:12,871
and when you get to whatever that amount
is, they release you.
909
01:07:13,788 --> 01:07:16,667
Sandy went to Harris County
and sat for 30 days.
910
01:07:16,833 --> 01:07:21,004
And then she came to Waller
and sat out two weeks.
911
01:07:21,171 --> 01:07:25,217
She knew that was her responsibility
and wanted to take care of it.
912
01:07:25,384 --> 01:07:30,348
There are uneducated people who are
hellbent on self-extermination.
913
01:07:30,515 --> 01:07:35,061
I am not one of them. I am into
building up my kings and queens.
914
01:07:35,228 --> 01:07:37,689
So for me, black lives matter.
915
01:07:37,856 --> 01:07:41,193
And then, subset, all lives matter.
916
01:07:41,777 --> 01:07:45,614
It is not okay that
we have to create a hashtag,
917
01:07:45,781 --> 01:07:47,282
"If I die in police custody."
918
01:07:47,449 --> 01:07:51,120
Black lives matter!
Black lives matter!
919
01:07:51,287 --> 01:07:54,999
It went from sadness
to utter frustration.
920
01:07:55,166 --> 01:07:59,170
What I saw was an incredible
amount of misinformation.
921
01:07:59,337 --> 01:08:01,506
And it just kept on, kind of,
922
01:08:01,673 --> 01:08:03,550
getting bigger and bigger
and bigger.
923
01:08:03,717 --> 01:08:08,555
And then you started to see
things that were outright lies.
924
01:08:08,722 --> 01:08:12,392
Sandra's done
with her mugshots. I believe...
925
01:08:12,559 --> 01:08:16,647
that the best way to get away
with murdering her
926
01:08:16,814 --> 01:08:19,942
was to stage the entire booking.
927
01:08:20,109 --> 01:08:24,322
When she is allegedly brought out of the
holding cell to have her mugshot taken,
928
01:08:24,489 --> 01:08:26,866
her face is blurred out
through the entire segment.
929
01:08:27,033 --> 01:08:30,578
One of the most heavily discussed
pieces of evidence is Bland's mugshot.
930
01:08:30,745 --> 01:08:32,247
Many are postulating
that she was already dead
931
01:08:32,414 --> 01:08:33,790
when her photo was taken by police.
932
01:08:33,957 --> 01:08:35,625
When getting a mugshot taken,
933
01:08:35,792 --> 01:08:38,921
prisoners are told not to lean
on the wall behind them.
934
01:08:39,087 --> 01:08:41,173
See that? He's wearing gloves.
935
01:08:41,340 --> 01:08:44,468
All these videos that
were being put out on YouTube,
936
01:08:44,635 --> 01:08:46,137
going through step-by-step
937
01:08:46,303 --> 01:08:48,806
about how she was deceased
before she even got to the jail,
938
01:08:48,973 --> 01:08:52,435
You can clearly
see in this image that Sandra was
939
01:08:52,602 --> 01:08:55,313
flat against the supposed
wall behind her.
940
01:08:55,480 --> 01:08:57,107
Then that's when you started to see
941
01:08:57,273 --> 01:09:00,694
where we were receiving
the death threats.
942
01:09:02,154 --> 01:09:07,493
People wanting to
kill me, kill the sheriff.
943
01:09:07,743 --> 01:09:11,497
I completely understand
why there are groups of people
944
01:09:11,664 --> 01:09:13,582
that think we killed that girl.
945
01:09:13,749 --> 01:09:18,171
Because we're in the South, maybe
because we talk a little slower.
946
01:09:18,337 --> 01:09:21,299
Got this big, white,
Bubba-looking guy,
947
01:09:21,466 --> 01:09:23,259
that he must be a racist,
948
01:09:23,426 --> 01:09:25,929
he must not like
black people. Um...
949
01:09:26,096 --> 01:09:30,475
He can't be trusted
to get justice for Sandy.
950
01:09:32,144 --> 01:09:36,732
Now this is a perfect storm
for the country
951
01:09:36,899 --> 01:09:41,153
to be divided and angry.
952
01:09:49,913 --> 01:09:52,916
-Back up! Back up!
-We've still got some people inside!
953
01:09:53,083 --> 01:09:56,336
Let them out!
Let them out!
954
01:09:56,503 --> 01:09:59,089
-Open the door!
-Let them out! Let them out!
955
01:09:59,256 --> 01:10:01,467
Let them out!
Let them out!
956
01:10:01,633 --> 01:10:03,010
Let them out!
957
01:10:23,573 --> 01:10:25,242
Sandy still speaks!
958
01:10:25,409 --> 01:10:26,952
-Let's go!
-Sandy still speaks!
959
01:10:27,119 --> 01:10:28,495
-Let's go!
-Sandy still speaks!
960
01:10:28,662 --> 01:10:30,080
-Let's go!
-Sandy still speaks!
961
01:10:30,247 --> 01:10:33,542
On the other side of the
wall is our 9-1-1 dispatchers
962
01:10:33,709 --> 01:10:35,378
who are receiving emergency calls,
963
01:10:35,545 --> 01:10:39,382
and then you have a group
of people with bullhorns.
964
01:10:40,425 --> 01:10:43,887
Our 911 dispatchers couldn't
even hear the phone calls.
965
01:10:44,929 --> 01:10:49,726
We had to get those people
to vacate the front lobby.
966
01:10:54,565 --> 01:10:59,862
I spent several nights
here, at the office, on my couch
967
01:11:00,029 --> 01:11:02,156
because I was not gonna leave here
968
01:11:02,323 --> 01:11:07,120
with employees, knowing they've
got to be here all night.
969
01:11:07,287 --> 01:11:09,998
Sandy's still speaking out!
Y'all killed her!
970
01:11:10,665 --> 01:11:14,961
Which one of you two white boys went
back there and do it? We saw the video.
971
01:11:15,128 --> 01:11:17,673
-Come on.
-Hey! Get off of me!
972
01:11:20,718 --> 01:11:22,136
If there's anybody left in there...
973
01:11:22,303 --> 01:11:26,599
You had the whole country
looking at what was going on...
974
01:11:26,766 --> 01:11:31,938
with law enforcement
under attack, with our past.
975
01:11:32,313 --> 01:11:34,774
We need to just calm the hell down,
976
01:11:34,941 --> 01:11:37,986
and we need to start looking
at what happened,
977
01:11:38,153 --> 01:11:41,406
and not what we think happened.
978
01:11:41,573 --> 01:11:43,992
And more importantly...
979
01:11:45,285 --> 01:11:48,539
not what we want to have happened.
980
01:12:15,109 --> 01:12:16,777
No!
981
01:12:17,403 --> 01:12:20,031
We're doing it!
982
01:12:23,701 --> 01:12:28,039
This is from the
homecoming, from fall, 2014.
983
01:12:28,206 --> 01:12:30,500
This picture is from this year.
984
01:12:30,667 --> 01:12:34,379
A month and a half
before she passed away.
985
01:12:34,546 --> 01:12:38,008
This is from a family dinner
this year.
986
01:12:38,175 --> 01:12:41,512
This had to have been
within the last year and a half,
987
01:12:41,679 --> 01:12:45,724
because my daughter must have
been one and a half, here.
988
01:12:45,891 --> 01:12:49,270
This is actually from last summer.
989
01:13:16,883 --> 01:13:21,179
Now, Cannon
is heavily involved.
990
01:13:21,346 --> 01:13:24,182
Life has changed
in a blink of an eye.
991
01:13:24,349 --> 01:13:28,729
One moment we went from
being as a family,
992
01:13:28,895 --> 01:13:31,732
to at any given moment,
Cannon was gone,
993
01:13:31,899 --> 01:13:36,111
and I didn't know
when Cannon was coming back.
994
01:13:36,820 --> 01:13:40,908
Death threats left on his phone.
995
01:13:41,075 --> 01:13:45,872
Worrying for the kids'
and my safety.
996
01:13:47,999 --> 01:13:53,129
Yes, uh, Mr.
Lambert, I do have psychic abilities.
997
01:13:53,296 --> 01:13:57,509
There's going to be an attempt
made on your life this week.
998
01:13:57,843 --> 01:14:01,722
You're delving into what's
called the Code of Silence.
999
01:14:01,889 --> 01:14:05,100
And it isn't only in the
Chicago Police Department.
1000
01:14:05,267 --> 01:14:09,939
It's especially true
in, uh, the state of Texas.
1001
01:14:10,106 --> 01:14:14,235
They always have a problem
with, uh, Afro-Americans
1002
01:14:14,402 --> 01:14:18,239
who are so-called social activists.
1003
01:14:18,531 --> 01:14:22,160
Please be very careful,
Mr. Lambert.
1004
01:14:31,921 --> 01:14:37,635
The thing that really stuck out
to me when I read this motion was that,
1005
01:14:37,802 --> 01:14:40,513
it says, "It is apparent now,
1006
01:14:40,680 --> 01:14:43,808
"that Bland's inability
to secure her release from jail,
1007
01:14:43,975 --> 01:14:48,146
"and her family and friends'
refusal to bail her out of jail,
1008
01:14:48,313 --> 01:14:51,358
led her to commit suicide."
1009
01:14:51,525 --> 01:14:58,115
Um, you're not just blaming the
victim, you're blaming the family.
1010
01:14:59,950 --> 01:15:04,372
We know that she was able
to make contact with her family.
1011
01:15:04,539 --> 01:15:08,293
They knew that she needed
to be bonded out.
1012
01:15:08,459 --> 01:15:10,920
And Mr. Booker, the bondsman,
1013
01:15:11,087 --> 01:15:13,798
he's got pretty much
24-hour access to the jail.
1014
01:15:13,965 --> 01:15:18,554
So, once your bond is set, he can
go in there and get somebody out
1015
01:15:18,720 --> 01:15:22,099
pretty much whenever he wants.
1016
01:15:23,142 --> 01:15:29,524
They find out, in the
early evening on Saturday,
1017
01:15:29,690 --> 01:15:33,111
and by Sunday night,
they're ready to get her out.
1018
01:15:33,278 --> 01:15:39,075
They called the next morning, on
Monday morning, and she was gone.
1019
01:15:39,993 --> 01:15:44,915
A day and a half transpired, that's not
a lot of time. It's just not.
1020
01:15:45,082 --> 01:15:49,044
I know why they're trying
to make it out to be.
1021
01:15:50,588 --> 01:15:53,299
How do you file that type of
proceeding and, uh, by the way,
1022
01:15:53,466 --> 01:15:57,887
you've not even deposed the people
you are claiming are responsible.
1023
01:15:58,054 --> 01:16:01,683
You've never spoken to them. You
don't know what's in their minds.
1024
01:16:01,850 --> 01:16:04,978
What about you, Waller County?
What about you, jailers?
1025
01:16:05,145 --> 01:16:08,815
What about you not paying
attention to where she was at,
1026
01:16:08,982 --> 01:16:11,360
what she was doing,
how she was feeling?
1027
01:16:12,569 --> 01:16:16,407
You know, you can't
orchestrate the frustration,
1028
01:16:16,574 --> 01:16:21,245
and you can't control
the desire to see change.
1029
01:16:23,748 --> 01:16:26,626
This is the
New York City Police Department.
1030
01:16:26,793 --> 01:16:30,422
-Please be advised...
-What's her name?
1031
01:16:30,588 --> 01:16:32,132
-Say her name!
-Sandra Bland!
1032
01:16:32,299 --> 01:16:35,677
We're in a state of war right now!
This is war!
1033
01:16:35,844 --> 01:16:37,429
United we stand!
1034
01:16:37,596 --> 01:16:40,516
-We're doing this for Sandra Bland!
-United we stand!
1035
01:16:40,682 --> 01:16:44,728
-We're doing this for Sandra Bland!
-Sandra Bland!
1036
01:16:44,895 --> 01:16:46,313
Sandra Bland!
1037
01:16:46,480 --> 01:16:48,024
-Sandra Bland!
-Say her name!
1038
01:16:48,190 --> 01:16:49,609
-Sandra Bland!
-Say her name!
1039
01:16:49,775 --> 01:16:51,194
-Sandra Bland!
-Say her name!
1040
01:16:51,360 --> 01:16:53,029
-Sandra Bland! Won't you say her name!
-Say her name!
1041
01:16:53,196 --> 01:16:56,699
Say her name! Say her name!
Say her name! Say her name!
1042
01:16:56,866 --> 01:17:00,996
Say her name! Say her name!
Say her name! Say her name!
1043
01:17:35,908 --> 01:17:39,537
The autopsy is,
you know, our investigative tool.
1044
01:17:39,704 --> 01:17:43,166
So you have to be thinking forward.
1045
01:17:43,666 --> 01:17:49,714
She did have a well-formed ligature
mark which had a V behind her left ear.
1046
01:17:49,881 --> 01:17:53,260
And that's the point of suspension.
1047
01:17:54,010 --> 01:17:56,847
It appears that she was not hanging
1048
01:17:57,014 --> 01:17:59,808
but perhaps seated
with her head forward,
1049
01:17:59,975 --> 01:18:01,727
which is not uncommon.
1050
01:18:01,894 --> 01:18:07,066
As the blood flow decreases,
then you really get sleepy.
1051
01:18:10,194 --> 01:18:13,698
Is there any indication at all that
there could have been some foul play?
1052
01:18:14,490 --> 01:18:19,246
Are you in a place where you can
render an opinion right now?
1053
01:18:19,412 --> 01:18:22,874
You have real injuries
that could not have resulted
1054
01:18:23,041 --> 01:18:29,214
from a hanging, but from blunt force
being applied to the back of the body.
1055
01:18:29,381 --> 01:18:32,426
She had scrapes on her
upper right side of her back.
1056
01:18:32,593 --> 01:18:38,558
And yet there is no tissue that is
labeled soft tissue from the back.
1057
01:18:42,479 --> 01:18:44,439
Questions are still there.
1058
01:18:44,606 --> 01:18:50,821
I have to go through everything before
I render an an opinion.
1059
01:18:52,865 --> 01:18:55,909
The Waller County grand jury,
as of about 3:30 today,
1060
01:18:56,076 --> 01:19:02,166
has issued an indictment against State
Trooper Brian Encinia for perjury.
1061
01:19:02,333 --> 01:19:03,793
Is that the
only charge he's facing?
1062
01:19:03,960 --> 01:19:07,171
That's the only charge that the
grand jury issued an indictment on.
1063
01:19:07,338 --> 01:19:10,425
The indictment was issued
in reference to the reason
1064
01:19:10,592 --> 01:19:12,135
that he removed her
from her vehicle.
1065
01:19:12,302 --> 01:19:15,430
It is a class A misdemeanor, excuse me,
1066
01:19:15,597 --> 01:19:19,142
up to a year in jail and up to a $4,000
fine.
1067
01:19:19,309 --> 01:19:21,353
I can't even...
I can't even fucking feel my arm!
1068
01:19:21,520 --> 01:19:23,898
This guy's gonna get
the minimal slap on the wrist
1069
01:19:24,064 --> 01:19:30,738
for the initial lie that put
my daughter behind bars.
1070
01:19:34,367 --> 01:19:41,333
Here's a guy who should have clearly
been charged with assault, battery.
1071
01:19:43,585 --> 01:19:46,630
And I'm going to tell you
that I can say,
1072
01:19:46,797 --> 01:19:52,970
"At least we got a perjury charge"?
No.
1073
01:20:07,068 --> 01:20:09,363
My white friends,
don't get upset,
1074
01:20:09,529 --> 01:20:13,200
but I'm going to call out
racism wherever I see it.
1075
01:20:13,367 --> 01:20:17,329
So for you who can say,
"Oh, the law doesn't see color,"
1076
01:20:17,496 --> 01:20:21,542
it doesn't see color 'cause you
ain't got no color in your skin.
1077
01:20:21,709 --> 01:20:27,006
You just don't know. You don't know
racism because you don't live it.
1078
01:20:27,173 --> 01:20:30,176
You don't feel it.
1079
01:20:30,343 --> 01:20:34,890
What you may see as just
somebody doing their job,
1080
01:20:35,056 --> 01:20:38,477
we see the undertones of that.
1081
01:20:40,062 --> 01:20:43,691
We've been trained to see them,
because we live them every day.
1082
01:20:43,857 --> 01:20:45,901
Okay, I don't see anything wrong
1083
01:20:46,068 --> 01:20:50,072
with the officer's actions until we get
to the point
1084
01:20:50,239 --> 01:20:52,241
where he asks her
to put the cigarette out.
1085
01:20:52,408 --> 01:20:55,495
She very accurately pointed out that she
didn't have to put out a cigarette.
1086
01:20:55,662 --> 01:20:58,540
This is a perfect example of exactly
how vulnerable black women are
1087
01:20:58,707 --> 01:21:00,417
in public space to law enforcement.
1088
01:21:00,584 --> 01:21:02,753
-He baited her, you know he did.
-She had a problem--
1089
01:21:02,919 --> 01:21:04,713
She had a problem
with being stopped,
1090
01:21:04,880 --> 01:21:06,924
she didn't like the fact
that she was being stopped,
1091
01:21:07,091 --> 01:21:09,468
her whole arrogant attitude,
and that stop.
1092
01:21:09,635 --> 01:21:11,595
The officer should not
have pulled her over--
1093
01:21:11,762 --> 01:21:14,307
Hang on. Listen!
I wan't everybody to listen.
1094
01:21:14,473 --> 01:21:16,100
Because I think--
Mark! Hang on, Mark!
1095
01:21:16,267 --> 01:21:18,102
Harry is calling arrogance,
I'm calling dignity.
1096
01:21:18,269 --> 01:21:20,355
Black people have a right to
assert their dignity in public,
1097
01:21:20,521 --> 01:21:24,401
and just because it doesn't
cohere with what police want...
1098
01:21:34,953 --> 01:21:36,413
Let's just talk about
why we're here a little bit.
1099
01:21:36,580 --> 01:21:39,750
Um, as you all know, Dr. Carter
1100
01:21:39,917 --> 01:21:45,173
was retained to do a private,
preliminary evaluation
1101
01:21:45,339 --> 01:21:47,467
of Sandy's body,
1102
01:21:47,634 --> 01:21:50,345
and come up with some preliminary
findings, at this point,
1103
01:21:50,512 --> 01:21:52,138
give you a chance to ask questions,
1104
01:21:52,305 --> 01:21:56,393
with the understanding that this
is our confidential conversation,
1105
01:21:56,560 --> 01:22:00,022
and that what you find out here,
you don't share.
1106
01:22:00,189 --> 01:22:03,150
There are certain things
that we look for in forensics
1107
01:22:03,317 --> 01:22:06,654
to give us the ability to say
when the death occurred.
1108
01:22:06,821 --> 01:22:10,825
And, uh, you have a short window
to document those things.
1109
01:22:10,992 --> 01:22:15,497
The primary one is getting a core
body temperature, which was not done.
1110
01:22:15,663 --> 01:22:17,165
And that's what's lost.
1111
01:22:17,332 --> 01:22:21,503
And so at that point, Dr. Carter,
when we called you in, you can't...
1112
01:22:21,670 --> 01:22:24,798
No, I can only go back
so far, because by that time,
1113
01:22:24,965 --> 01:22:28,635
refrigeration has taken place,
the body has been moved.
1114
01:22:28,802 --> 01:22:31,847
The largest amount of marijuana
that shows
1115
01:22:32,014 --> 01:22:37,770
is what we call THC-COOH,
or carboxylated,
1116
01:22:37,937 --> 01:22:39,605
and that means it's metabolized.
1117
01:22:39,772 --> 01:22:41,900
It hangs around the body
for forever.
1118
01:22:42,066 --> 01:22:45,362
It is not a whopping amount of drug.
1119
01:22:45,528 --> 01:22:47,239
It was just nonsense.
1120
01:22:47,405 --> 01:22:50,200
And so that was just
completely out of bounds.
1121
01:22:50,367 --> 01:22:56,206
Um, there were no fractures, but I
found evidence of deep bruising.
1122
01:22:56,373 --> 01:23:02,463
Bruising going all the way through
the deep muscles on... on the back,
1123
01:23:02,630 --> 01:23:04,715
uh, down to the level of the ribs.
1124
01:23:04,882 --> 01:23:09,971
So if someone has put their knee
into a back, and they're grinding,
1125
01:23:10,138 --> 01:23:16,853
that's going to actually destroy the
small vessels in the muscular tissue.
1126
01:23:17,020 --> 01:23:18,522
Just let us know
if you need a break, okay?
1127
01:23:18,689 --> 01:23:20,732
We want to try to make sure
everybody's getting
1128
01:23:20,899 --> 01:23:25,738
the same information at the same time.
If you need to step out, it's okay.
1129
01:23:27,740 --> 01:23:29,534
Go ahead, Shavon.
You have a question?
1130
01:23:29,700 --> 01:23:32,578
With that kind of
scarring going to the ribs,
1131
01:23:32,745 --> 01:23:36,040
would it be complicated for
her to breathe, necessarily?
1132
01:23:36,207 --> 01:23:40,462
It would have been painful.
She would have been in pain.
1133
01:23:40,629 --> 01:23:43,131
I mean, I've had that type
of pain, and so, I...
1134
01:23:43,298 --> 01:23:46,009
I'm just trying to, you know,
process everything.
1135
01:23:46,176 --> 01:23:48,721
It's not really adding up to me.
1136
01:23:48,887 --> 01:23:52,933
I wanted to rule
out foul play occurring,
1137
01:23:53,100 --> 01:23:55,311
consistent with,
with hands placed on.
1138
01:23:55,478 --> 01:23:57,897
I did examine the hyoid bone,
it was not fractured.
1139
01:23:58,064 --> 01:24:01,651
We generally see that when we
have homicidal strangulation,
1140
01:24:01,818 --> 01:24:05,488
where someone has their hands around
the neck. That was not present here.
1141
01:24:05,655 --> 01:24:08,492
Correct me if I'm
wrong, with homicidal death,
1142
01:24:08,658 --> 01:24:11,119
you see things like
defensive wounds,
1143
01:24:11,286 --> 01:24:14,206
you see things like
impressions in the skin...
1144
01:24:14,373 --> 01:24:18,502
You didn't find
any of those physical findings.
1145
01:24:18,669 --> 01:24:21,589
So we have these
open questions, still.
1146
01:24:22,214 --> 01:24:24,509
Will you be able
to dust for fingerprints,
1147
01:24:24,675 --> 01:24:26,135
or have we missed that window?
1148
01:24:26,302 --> 01:24:29,681
That should have been done,
but we don't know that they did.
1149
01:24:29,848 --> 01:24:32,642
We asked that question and I was
told that they hadn't done that.
1150
01:24:32,809 --> 01:24:39,733
There is a lot of significant and
vital information that is missing.
1151
01:24:39,900 --> 01:24:42,111
The bruising on her back
and on her legs,
1152
01:24:42,277 --> 01:24:46,115
I mean, yeah, he was on her back
for a significant amount of time
1153
01:24:46,282 --> 01:24:47,950
when she was arrested, but I mean,
1154
01:24:48,117 --> 01:24:50,620
I don't know. It's just, it could
have happened while she was sleeping.
1155
01:24:50,787 --> 01:24:54,207
It could have happened while she was
laying down her, I mean, I just...
1156
01:24:54,374 --> 01:24:56,835
-Sure.
-There's a lot of things
1157
01:24:57,001 --> 01:25:00,171
that are just...
that just does not add up.
1158
01:25:00,338 --> 01:25:03,342
As lawyers looking at this,
we have to approach,
1159
01:25:03,508 --> 01:25:09,848
um, all possibilities
and probabilities.
1160
01:25:10,015 --> 01:25:14,020
My question is
what led to this point.
1161
01:25:14,186 --> 01:25:18,107
I have ruled out
a homicidal hanging.
1162
01:25:18,274 --> 01:25:20,485
It's not suggestive of that at all.
1163
01:25:20,652 --> 01:25:22,028
But I think this is something--
1164
01:25:22,195 --> 01:25:25,824
You're supposed to be
face-to-face once an hour,
1165
01:25:25,991 --> 01:25:29,161
not looking through a window
and guessing.
1166
01:25:29,327 --> 01:25:31,705
This young woman is scared
and frightened
1167
01:25:31,872 --> 01:25:36,168
and someone is having
emotional pain, physical pain,
1168
01:25:36,335 --> 01:25:40,673
isolated, then you have some
things that should be considered
1169
01:25:40,840 --> 01:25:42,258
as being driven to.
1170
01:25:42,425 --> 01:25:46,346
You know, we know that someone's
spirit can be broken,
1171
01:25:46,512 --> 01:25:49,140
even in a short period of time.
1172
01:25:50,100 --> 01:25:51,935
So sorry for your loss.
1173
01:25:52,102 --> 01:25:54,855
-Thank you.
-Thank you.
1174
01:26:28,349 --> 01:26:32,102
The grand jury was released from the
courtroom just a few minutes ago.
1175
01:26:32,269 --> 01:26:33,938
They just came out.
They are done.
1176
01:26:34,105 --> 01:26:37,358
Everyone was cleared of
wrongdoing at the Waller County Jail
1177
01:26:37,525 --> 01:26:40,778
where Bland died in custody.
Her death was ruled a suicide,
1178
01:26:40,945 --> 01:26:45,325
-her protesters don't believe it.
-They have...
1179
01:26:45,492 --> 01:26:48,870
And we just need to let
the court system work.
1180
01:26:50,747 --> 01:26:55,377
I'm sitting there and
I'm going, "Wow. Really?"
1181
01:26:55,544 --> 01:26:57,671
Because I'm just mad
because my daughter is gone.
1182
01:26:57,838 --> 01:27:04,971
It made me want to get up, even more,
because the truth has got to come out.
1183
01:27:07,265 --> 01:27:11,436
To be a strong
African-American woman...
1184
01:27:11,603 --> 01:27:17,526
I imagine they were just so irritated
with her knowledge and her education.
1185
01:27:20,946 --> 01:27:26,243
And just... they got...
they got pissed.
1186
01:27:26,827 --> 01:27:31,707
The jail has a policy
that if you bring an inmate in
1187
01:27:31,874 --> 01:27:34,919
and you deem them to be a threat
or aggressive or what have you,
1188
01:27:35,086 --> 01:27:38,590
you isolate them initially and then you
reevaluate them within a 24-hour period.
1189
01:27:38,757 --> 01:27:42,844
We know that that didn't happen
for Sandy because she was there
1190
01:27:43,011 --> 01:27:46,223
by herself for three days.
1191
01:27:46,390 --> 01:27:50,185
She's not combative,
she's not aggressive.
1192
01:27:51,437 --> 01:27:53,773
Why single her out?
1193
01:28:06,119 --> 01:28:09,206
I am here today
because last Monday,
1194
01:28:09,373 --> 01:28:14,837
I read that the grand jury
refused to indict anyone
1195
01:28:15,003 --> 01:28:18,340
connected to
the death of Sandra Bland.
1196
01:28:18,507 --> 01:28:22,762
I am here today
because justice was not served.
1197
01:28:22,929 --> 01:28:25,306
I'm here today to grieve the loss
1198
01:28:25,473 --> 01:28:31,980
of not just one black life, but
several, whose lives were cut short
1199
01:28:32,147 --> 01:28:33,523
because of injustice.
1200
01:28:33,690 --> 01:28:37,903
I'm here to remember Freddie
Gray, to grieve Tamir Rice,
1201
01:28:38,070 --> 01:28:42,366
Karin Smith, Michael Brown,
Roshad McIntosh,
1202
01:28:42,533 --> 01:28:46,579
Tanisha Anderson, and many others.
1203
01:28:58,258 --> 01:29:00,343
As a white woman
living in America,
1204
01:29:00,510 --> 01:29:06,975
I knew that what happened to
Sandra would not happen to me.
1205
01:29:07,392 --> 01:29:09,937
I would not be threatened
with a Taser.
1206
01:29:10,104 --> 01:29:14,275
I would not be taken into custody.
1207
01:29:14,984 --> 01:29:17,236
Regardless of
if she had a cigarette,
1208
01:29:17,403 --> 01:29:19,489
regardless of whether she cursed,
1209
01:29:19,656 --> 01:29:22,826
I believe Office Encinia
would not have pulled
1210
01:29:22,992 --> 01:29:27,622
Sandra Bland from her car
if she looked like me.
1211
01:29:28,623 --> 01:29:33,295
Therefore, racism killed
Sandra Bland.
1212
01:29:39,718 --> 01:29:42,680
The reason Sandy
was taken to jail
1213
01:29:42,847 --> 01:29:47,769
was Brian Encinia's allegations
that she assaulted him.
1214
01:29:47,936 --> 01:29:52,565
That's how Sandra was placed
in solitary confinement.
1215
01:29:52,732 --> 01:29:56,737
It's because she was the only
woman in the jail at that time,
1216
01:29:56,903 --> 01:30:00,491
that came under that
classification that put her there.
1217
01:30:00,657 --> 01:30:04,703
And the reason there's no photograph
of Sandy hanging in the jail
1218
01:30:04,870 --> 01:30:08,291
is because when the jail found her
hanging, the first thing they did
1219
01:30:08,457 --> 01:30:11,586
was get her down and try
to bring her back to life.
1220
01:30:11,753 --> 01:30:13,379
In that situation,
1221
01:30:13,546 --> 01:30:16,925
it would be a pretty cruel and
callous thing for a person to do to,
1222
01:30:17,092 --> 01:30:19,344
"Let's take a photo
of the person hanging,
1223
01:30:19,511 --> 01:30:23,557
and then let's try to see
if we can save them."
1224
01:30:24,516 --> 01:30:26,018
Larry and I looked at this,
1225
01:30:26,185 --> 01:30:29,688
and we went back and forth
trying to figure out
1226
01:30:29,855 --> 01:30:31,649
if there's something
that we're missing,
1227
01:30:31,816 --> 01:30:35,027
and we just can't see
that we're missing anything.
1228
01:30:35,194 --> 01:30:39,282
So these are the hourly observation
logs from Waller County,
1229
01:30:39,449 --> 01:30:43,203
and this is on the 13th of July,
the day that she was found.
1230
01:30:43,369 --> 01:30:46,539
That's the sequence that
the paperwork's coming in at.
1231
01:30:46,706 --> 01:30:53,547
So seven o'clock in the morning, at 7:05
they're representing her to be there.
1232
01:30:53,714 --> 01:30:57,092
And then 8:01,
8:54.
1233
01:30:57,259 --> 01:31:00,971
Now remember, they're
checking on her, right?
1234
01:31:01,138 --> 01:31:02,974
And she's found at 8:00--
1235
01:31:03,140 --> 01:31:07,687
Well, she's purportedly found at 8:54.
So that's when they find her.
1236
01:31:07,854 --> 01:31:11,274
Then we see these
other logs at 9:47.
1237
01:31:11,441 --> 01:31:13,443
And then there's a blank.
And then at 11:13,
1238
01:31:13,610 --> 01:31:16,697
and then there's a series
of blanks, all following.
1239
01:31:16,863 --> 01:31:19,241
It doesn't make any sense to me.
1240
01:31:19,408 --> 01:31:25,247
The jail logs were filled out
in a way that...
1241
01:31:26,499 --> 01:31:29,544
should not have been filled out.
1242
01:31:29,710 --> 01:31:32,255
They were turned in...
1243
01:31:32,547 --> 01:31:36,134
with false information.
1244
01:31:37,427 --> 01:31:44,184
What that jailer was doing
was pre-filling out the form.
1245
01:31:44,351 --> 01:31:49,565
Did he falsify?
No. Not in his mind.
1246
01:31:50,274 --> 01:31:52,568
So, the truth is,
1247
01:31:52,735 --> 01:31:56,322
he, the person
that signed that jail log,
1248
01:31:56,489 --> 01:31:58,074
did not see Sandy.
1249
01:31:58,241 --> 01:32:00,201
They did not check on her that hour.
1250
01:32:00,368 --> 01:32:01,828
That is a false record.
1251
01:32:01,995 --> 01:32:05,749
Was it made intentionally,
or knowingly,
1252
01:32:05,915 --> 01:32:08,043
or with evil intent?
1253
01:32:08,210 --> 01:32:10,629
According to what he says, no.
1254
01:32:17,052 --> 01:32:19,305
Sandy was bold,
1255
01:32:19,472 --> 01:32:22,975
and knew exactly what was
right and what was wrong.
1256
01:32:23,142 --> 01:32:27,647
I don't believe Sandy shut her mouth
when she got to the that jail.
1257
01:32:27,814 --> 01:32:29,899
I believe she kept talking, I believe
1258
01:32:30,066 --> 01:32:31,693
she let them know, I'll see you guys
in court.
1259
01:32:31,860 --> 01:32:36,114
I believe she did all of it.
And I believe they silenced her.
1260
01:32:36,281 --> 01:32:38,200
So no. It's not settled.
1261
01:32:38,367 --> 01:32:43,080
And no, I don't believe
she committed suicide. Still.
1262
01:32:52,048 --> 01:32:55,468
When we start talking
about how different this case is,
1263
01:32:55,635 --> 01:32:58,304
and if it's different, I think
we approach it differently.
1264
01:32:58,471 --> 01:32:59,889
You know, Freddie Gray
was a settlement.
1265
01:33:00,056 --> 01:33:01,516
You know, Garner was a settlement.
1266
01:33:01,683 --> 01:33:04,603
Tamir Rice was a settlement.
DuBois was a settlement.
1267
01:33:04,770 --> 01:33:09,650
Everything's been settling for at least
5 million to 10 million dollars.
1268
01:33:09,817 --> 01:33:12,611
They're going to argue
that those were homicides
1269
01:33:12,778 --> 01:33:15,740
that were caught in video
as opposed to a suicide,
1270
01:33:15,907 --> 01:33:18,951
which we can't prove
to the contrary.
1271
01:33:19,118 --> 01:33:24,499
The only thing that you can
go to verdict on is a suicide.
1272
01:33:24,666 --> 01:33:31,006
And I started thinking about what
it would mean if we tried the case.
1273
01:33:31,173 --> 01:33:34,051
Well, Geneva didn't believe
that this was a suicide,
1274
01:33:34,218 --> 01:33:36,553
and doesn't believe it right now.
1275
01:33:36,720 --> 01:33:39,181
But I watched over 130 hours
worth of video,
1276
01:33:39,348 --> 01:33:45,897
and you don't see anybody go into
her cell, or come out of her cell.
1277
01:33:48,608 --> 01:33:53,697
Even though we know that this was
extremely, extremely mysterious
1278
01:33:53,864 --> 01:33:57,784
in terms of the circumstances
surrounding this case.
1279
01:33:59,328 --> 01:34:01,872
She was hung from a trash bag.
1280
01:34:04,667 --> 01:34:07,420
Well, the problem
with that trash bag is,
1281
01:34:07,586 --> 01:34:09,964
is that it didn't have
her fingerprints on it.
1282
01:34:10,131 --> 01:34:12,925
In fact, it didn't have
anybody's fingerprints on it.
1283
01:34:13,092 --> 01:34:16,805
In fact, it didn't even have
her DNA on it.
1284
01:34:18,264 --> 01:34:20,350
We know there's a bunch of
evidence that's out there
1285
01:34:20,517 --> 01:34:24,646
that we'll never have
any ability to grab or touch.
1286
01:34:24,813 --> 01:34:26,773
It's lost.
1287
01:34:27,274 --> 01:34:31,529
But ultimately, I don't look at it
from the standpoint of whether or not
1288
01:34:31,695 --> 01:34:34,448
it was a suicide or whether
or not it was a murder.
1289
01:34:34,615 --> 01:34:36,242
It was an in-custody death.
1290
01:34:36,409 --> 01:34:39,203
Sandy should be here, period.
1291
01:34:42,290 --> 01:34:49,381
There have been 816 deaths, in custody
since Sandy's death. One year.
1292
01:34:49,548 --> 01:34:51,633
What if we say to them
that we are looking
1293
01:34:51,800 --> 01:34:54,595
to see cameras installed throughout
the jail?
1294
01:34:54,762 --> 01:34:56,722
Your Waller County report says
1295
01:34:56,889 --> 01:34:59,433
what it's going to cost
you to do the changes.
1296
01:34:59,600 --> 01:35:02,144
It's roughly 20 million,
in your facility.
1297
01:35:02,311 --> 01:35:04,105
You know what, Mother Reed-Veal...
1298
01:35:04,272 --> 01:35:07,775
There's no amount of money
that you could put on your child.
1299
01:35:07,942 --> 01:35:11,905
And so at some point you have to not
torture yourself and say,
1300
01:35:12,072 --> 01:35:16,284
"What happened?" So I decided I'm going
to go from what happened,
1301
01:35:16,451 --> 01:35:19,580
to what happens now.
1302
01:35:22,291 --> 01:35:26,295
It was the most unnerving
thing you ever want to see.
1303
01:35:26,462 --> 01:35:30,341
Going back and forth,
back and forth.
1304
01:35:30,800 --> 01:35:33,511
Mediator coming into the room,
leaving back out.
1305
01:35:33,678 --> 01:35:36,723
"No, we're not going for that.
Yes, no, yes, no."
1306
01:35:36,890 --> 01:35:38,892
Eight hours.
1307
01:35:52,448 --> 01:35:57,620
I'm okay. The world
will never forget Sandra Bland.
1308
01:36:00,581 --> 01:36:03,877
Best... family...
in the world.
1309
01:36:04,085 --> 01:36:07,422
And there's going to be
changes that come from this,
1310
01:36:07,589 --> 01:36:11,093
long-standing changes
that come from this.
1311
01:36:22,355 --> 01:36:26,025
It's time to
walk your talk now.
1312
01:36:26,317 --> 01:36:30,029
Young people,
don't let Sandy's death be in vain.
1313
01:36:30,196 --> 01:36:34,284
I am looking at all of you and
you are here not by coincidence.
1314
01:36:34,451 --> 01:36:37,871
The baby said before she left here
she was going to go international.
1315
01:36:38,038 --> 01:36:39,665
She was going to make history.
1316
01:36:39,832 --> 01:36:43,711
So now you have Sandy Bland Parkway.
Look it up on Google.
1317
01:36:43,877 --> 01:36:47,631
And it's going to take a whole lot
more of us standing up and saying
1318
01:36:47,798 --> 01:36:49,759
"We are not buying it,"
1319
01:36:49,926 --> 01:36:52,720
in order for this to stop.
1320
01:36:52,887 --> 01:36:55,473
It's tough
to hear that from a mother,
1321
01:36:56,141 --> 01:36:57,976
which makes me fight even harder
1322
01:36:58,143 --> 01:37:02,481
to tell the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth.
1323
01:37:02,647 --> 01:37:08,278
Even when the truth is
against the organization...
1324
01:37:09,613 --> 01:37:11,240
that you served.
1325
01:37:11,407 --> 01:37:16,245
Police officers around the country,
you need to hear my voice.
1326
01:37:16,412 --> 01:37:18,956
Tell the freakin' truth.
1327
01:37:39,854 --> 01:37:44,275
Do I think the legal operation
of this jail
1328
01:37:44,442 --> 01:37:47,320
have anything to do with her death?
1329
01:37:47,487 --> 01:37:49,948
No. No, I don't.
1330
01:37:50,240 --> 01:37:52,242
The moral responsibility
1331
01:37:52,409 --> 01:37:55,954
at eight o'clock, if you'd
have gone back there in person
1332
01:37:56,121 --> 01:38:02,169
maybe looked at her eyes and seen,
"Hey, something's going on with her,
1333
01:38:02,336 --> 01:38:06,632
"a little different.
"She's stressing," uh...
1334
01:38:06,799 --> 01:38:10,803
moral responsibility-wise,
absolutely.
1335
01:38:12,054 --> 01:38:16,518
It's not a black
versus white issue.
1336
01:38:16,684 --> 01:38:22,190
No, we didn't go back there
and tie a bag around her neck.
1337
01:38:22,357 --> 01:38:26,945
But it is our responsibility
to take care of her.
1338
01:38:27,112 --> 01:38:33,911
And that, with her and her
family, we let her down.
1339
01:38:35,538 --> 01:38:39,876
Could there have been something
we could have done to prevent it?
1340
01:38:40,043 --> 01:38:42,462
I'll always think that.
1341
01:38:53,932 --> 01:38:58,938
I'm never going to make everybody in
Chicago believe what I'm saying.
1342
01:38:59,104 --> 01:39:01,023
Or New York City.
1343
01:39:01,190 --> 01:39:05,069
But this is the little corner of
the earth where God's put me.
1344
01:39:05,236 --> 01:39:10,784
And if I, as the district attorney,
don't step back and say,
1345
01:39:10,950 --> 01:39:13,328
"Hey, Elton, what do you need
to do differently,
1346
01:39:13,495 --> 01:39:17,374
do you have any racist
tendencies in you..."
1347
01:39:17,541 --> 01:39:21,170
then I can't help anybody else.
1348
01:39:24,465 --> 01:39:26,217
Good morning, my
beautiful kings and queens.
1349
01:39:27,259 --> 01:39:31,305
You know, racism is still only alive
because people keep perpetuating it.
1350
01:39:31,472 --> 01:39:35,977
White and black. Enough people don't
have friends of a different race.
1351
01:39:36,144 --> 01:39:38,730
Black people included. We don't
have enough white friends,
1352
01:39:38,897 --> 01:39:41,566
they don't have enough
black friends.
1353
01:39:47,030 --> 01:39:50,659
For those who don't agree with the
things that I'm saying, I apologize.
1354
01:39:51,160 --> 01:39:56,582
But I'm not going to stop.
This is about educating you.
1355
01:39:57,750 --> 01:40:02,380
That is my goal. We need
to educate each other.
1356
01:40:02,547 --> 01:40:05,842
That's the only way
this is going to work.
1357
01:40:11,348 --> 01:40:18,355
We love you... and your sister
wants to play a song for you.
1358
01:40:19,273 --> 01:40:22,234
I see you, girl.
1359
01:40:38,168 --> 01:40:41,422
So my peeps, I love you.
I'm headed into work.
1360
01:40:41,588 --> 01:40:45,092
Hoping you all have the same
great, prosperous days.
1361
01:40:45,259 --> 01:40:51,015
Go out there, be great. Do something
that you love. "Sandy Speaks."
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