Let me be CRYSTAL CLEAR, IT IS THEIR CHOICE on whether they are going to pull you over or not. They usually will pull over a Black Person simply on principle alone, because they are fully aware that Criminalization of Blacks both here AND ABROAD, is standard. AGAIN!?
Only a fool will believe that 100'S OF YEARS GOES INTO 30 YEARS where the 100's of years are genocidal INHUMANITY PERPETRATED ON US. And then some MEAGER ASS 30 YEARS OF SUPPOSED SUCCESS is now supposed to BALANCE SHIT OUT!
Here is the article and note the wording;
Ex-guard admits falsifying jail records before Sandra Bland’s death, lawyer says
A former Texas jail guard recently admitted to falsifying log entries to show he checked on Sandra Bland an hour before her death when in fact he didn't, according to a lawyer for Bland's family.
But Waller County officials say that's not what jailer Rafael Zuniga's testimony said at all.
"Numerous depositions have been taken in the case involving dozens of hours of testimony," lawyer Larry Simmons said, according to the Houston Chronicle.
"It is a gross miscarriage of justice and a misrepresentation for any party to cherry-pick or mischaracterize a small portion of that testimony, and take it out of context."
Bland's in-custody death last year sparked protests across the country as angry activists demanded answers.
The 28-year-old was in the middle of moving from Texas to the Chicago area when she was collared during a troubling traffic stop when she forgot to put on her turn signal. The arresting officer claimed Bland was combative, but dashcam footage called the cop's version of events into question.
Bland was booked into the county jail for allegedly assaulting an officer.
Three days later, she was found hanging from a cell partition in the county jail, a plastic garbage bag around her neck.
Afterward, the medical examiner ruled the death a suicide and a grand jury failed to press charges against the jail and sheriff's officials.
A source told the Houston paper that special prosecutors knew about the falsified log and the grand jury still failed to indict. But now, it's come out in the course of a wrongful death suit Bland's mother launched against the county and 12 of its employees.
Zuniga was a new hire, and was just doing what other guards told him when he logged a check he hadn't actually done yet, the source said.
Originally, the corrections officer claimed he'd looked in on Bland at 8:01 a.m. — but now it appears that wasn't true.
"There's no question that it did not happen," her mother's attorney, Cannon Lambert, said.
Simmons saw it differently.
"The overwhelming testimony has been that the Waller County jail staff treated Sandra Bland with courtesy and respect, and even afforded her special privileges, including giving her free access to the jail staff's toll free phone, which she used to reach out to her family," he wrote in a statement.
On Wednesday, a federal judge ordered mediation in the lawsuit.
Although no jail officials have been indicted, the state trooper involved in the controversial arrest, Brian Encinia, is facing a misdemeanor perjury charge.
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