so Sandy bland is a young
African-American woman who was driving
in from Chicago to Texas because she
just gotten a job there and uh it's was
at her former University where she now
was going to have a great new job she
was happy about it she gets pulled over
uh for not signaling as she turned oh a
grave grave offense I'm sure all it
depends on who's doing that offense I
suspect so she gets pulled over by a guy
named insia now we have tapes of what
happen next so these tapes were not
fully released before they are now
they're going to give you some context
now before we go to the tapes uh I
should tell you this Sandy Bland has
passed away she didn't pass away during
this interaction okay uh they put her in
jail she had never been in jail in the
first place as you're about to see and
authorities say she hung herself a
couple of days later what you're about
to see happen on Friday afternoon she's
found uh dead in her jail cell Monday
morning morning now her family doesn't
believe that it was a suicide now
finally the FBI is involved and the
local prosecutors are saying okay okay
we're going to treat it as a homicide
that doesn't mean they think it is a
homicide they just think it's an open
question so they're going to re-evaluate
whether it was a suicide or not but now
let's go back to the arrest in the first
place and see if it needed to happen so
here's the interaction when officer Ania
pulls over Sandy BL
okay
man you okay I'm waiting on you you this
is your job I'm waiting on you what do
you want me oh you seem very irritated I
am I really am cuz I feel like it's path
of what I'm getting to TI for I was
getting out of your way you were
speeding up telling me so I move over
and you stop it so yeah I am a little
irritated but that doesn't stop you from
giving me a
ticket's continue 5 I'm out are you done
you asked me what was wrong and I told
you okay so now I'm done yeah
okay you mind putting out your cigarette
please don't
mine I'm in my car why I have to put out
my cigarette oh you can step on out now
I don't have to step out of my car step
out of the
car he asked her a question you seem
irritated she said yes uh and then she
explained why now you can say that she
was cranky but she wasn't shouting uh
she certainly wasn't physical in any way
she's just simply explained what
happened and uh and by the way in case
you didn't understand she said you were
tailgating me so I pulled over to the
other lane to let you pass by and that's
when he pulls her over because as she
was going from one lane to the other to
get out of his way she didn't turn her
signal on oh wow that does seem
egregious J I wonder why he pulled up so
close to her in the first place and then
for not signaling immediately pulls her
over h who's looking for trouble here is
she looking for trouble or is he looking
for trouble and then he says put out the
cigarette now she's right she doesn't
have to put out the cigarette now a lot
of people here are going to step in and
go just listen to the officer you won't
have any trouble but wait a minute now
why like I know why I I I probably would
listen to the officer because I don't
want to get my ass kicked because these
cops will kick your ass for
disrespecting them but they don't have a
right to do that she's right she can
smoke the cigarette all she wants and he
says okay get out of the car boom it's
already over he's totally at fault
totally at fault this confrontation
didn't need to happen Okay let's say
that you're meticulous and you're an
anal person you're like oh my god there
was a violation she didn't use her
signal okay that he had to PLL her over
okay fine but he had he didn't have to
ask her about the cigarette he didn't
have to ask her to start a confrontation
and he certainly didn't have to pull her
out of her car for what where's the
violation what what does she do there
what do you mean get out of your car why
why he said we're Americans we do have
some
rights I I know that the common
experience we have is as soon as a cop
comes you're supposed to get on your
knees right you're supposed to Bow your
head right because cops are dangerous
and you never know when they're going to
kick your ass right or maybe even worse
but we're supposed to have rights we're
not supposed to Bow our heads and and
not unreasonably but she's being
reasonable she's said hey look you
pulled me over you asked me and I told
you you pulled me over for no goddamn
reason she said it more politely than I
just said it now all of a sudden he's
going to yank her out of the car who
started this confrontation all right
take a look at what happens
next step out of the car no you don't
have the right step out of the car you
do not have the right to do that I do
have the right now step out or I will
remove you I refuse to talk to you other
than to identify myself step out or I
will remove you I am getting removed for
a failure step out or I will remove you
I'm giving you a lawful
order get out of the car now or I'm
going to remove you and I'm calling I'm
going to yank you out of here okay you
going to yank me out of my car get out
okay all right 25 let's do this yeah
we're going to don't don't touch me get
out of the car don't touch me I'm not
under arrest you don't have the right to
take you are under arrest I'm under
arrest for what 2547 County FM 1098 just
290 send me another unit get out of the
car need another unit FM 1098 get out of
the car now why am I being apprehended
you trying to give me a tiet for your
failure get out of the car why am I
being apprehended I
giv going toag you out of here so you
going you threaten to drag me out of my
own car get out of the car and then you
I will light you up get out wow now wow
get out of the car for a failure to
Signal you doing all of this for get
over there right yeah yeah let's take
this to court let's do go ahead for a
failure to Signal yep I'm going to yank
you out I'm going to drag you out I'm
going to light you up I'm going to light
you up okay and she says what am I under
arrest for great question it's such a
great question he never answered it the
reality is biggest crime in America
disrespecting a police officer it's not
on the books anywhere it's not an actual
law but you you can kill people I mean
Dylan roof the cops got him uh a burger
from Burger King after they found him he
he was on a there was a man hunt for him
he'd killed nine people in a church they
got him a burger because he didn't
disrespect the police officers he just
turned himself in once they finally
caught him right you disrespect the
police offic that's worse than killing
nine people in a church okay they're
going to light you up what am I under
arrest for resisting arrest but wait a
minute what was I resisting in the first
place which arrest was I in fact there
was he had a little bit of a debate you
see later in the tape Andia did should I
uh get bring her in for resisting arrest
or assaulting an officer then he
probably realized oops then I'd have to
make up something else that she was
resisting that arrest
for because you'd have to add resisting
arrest to the original crime but there
is no original crime oops so then he
said oh yeah assaulting a police officer
yeah so now the next part is
unfortunately out of the view of the
camera but you're still going to be able
to hear them so let's watch for you
about to break my wrist can you stop you
are about to break my
stop stop
now stop it stop resisting ma'am if you
would stop and I would tell you
traic you are such a Foy you are such a
FY no you are trff yanking around
traffic signal you are yanking around
when you pull away from me you're
resisting arrest this make you feel real
good don't it a female for a traffic
signal for a traffic signal I know that
make you feel good officer in I know it
make you feel real good you're a real
man now you just slam me knock my head
in the ground I got epilepsy you
I hope I you should have
thought about that before he start
resisting all right yeah this is real
good real good for a female yeah y'all
strong go y'all real strong I want you
to wait right here wait right here I
can't go nowhere with your knee
on my back du I'm going Open Your Door
okay my full of for a
warning for a warning you're going to
jail for resisting arrest stand up I if
I could I can't roll over I can't even
feel my heart your tuck your
knee in God
damn listen listen you going to re on
your butt slam my head into the ground
not even care about listen to how he's
telling you to get up I can't even hear
yes you can slam my head into
the ground sit up on your butt what the
hell all of is for a traffic signal I
swear to God all of is for a traffic
signal thank you for recording thank you
for a traffic signal slam me into the
ground and everything no everything I
hope y'all feel this officer saw
everything and I'm so glad to put that
you just got on the scene so whatever
you were pulling up no you didn't ma'am
you didn't see everything Le up to I'm
not talking to you you don't have
to now in the original uh tape that we
saw was somebody recording on their cell
phone from a distance and so that you
could see the knee in the back that
she's talking about you can't see him
slamming her head into the ground but
she mentioned that in that cell phone uh
footage as well so you hear that and
they're arresting or uncuffing or they
say many times over resisting arrest
they never say what the arrest was for
what was the arrest for why were you
arresting her in the first place there's
never an answer to that question right
if you ask that question you're further
resisting arrest now a lot of you might
be thinking I don't I don't get it man
because this is not within your
perspective you've never had this happen
to you right so you you just you're I I
think a lot of people are flumix by it
but black people get pulled over all the
time for no reason for something as
minor and ridiculous
is while switching lanes not even
turning while switching lanes not using
your signal and then it devolves into
this you never had it devel into this
because he never got pulled over in the
first place okay so now and can you
understand why people get tired of
getting pulled over and
having BS demands made of them over and
over again put out your cigarette do
this you didn't do that right and it
looking for a fight looking for a fight
and if you look for a fight you find a
fight and so he finally found his fight
with this woman and then he did all the
things that he did to her and then they
put put her in in prison and then she
mysteriously died in prison none of that
had to happen if he didn't pull her over
in the first place but to me much more
importantly if he didn't pick a fight in
the first place get out of the car I'm
GNA yank you out of the car I'm GNA
light you up why why oh you didn't
listen to everything I said I am God
okay but no you're not you're supposed
to be a servant you're supposed to be an
officer here to protect us the citizens
you're supposed to serve us we pay you
tax dollars to serve us not to beat us
okay so now let's go to some of his
explanation here before we go to the
mysteriously edited tape uh inia has
said in an affidavit that bland swung
her elbows and kicked him when he put
her in
handcuffs oh that's interesting hold on
now she swung her elbows and kicked him
when that's conveniently the one part
that's not on the tape right and he
knows it's not on the tape because as
soon as there's a situation they have
the cops watch the tape right away okay
so they get their story straight now why
was she getting handcuffed in the first
place he doesn't answer that question
right so uh Andia also
said I during the the whole tape that
you see here it's a rather lengthy
process we boil that down the uh to the
relevant Parts here for you guys he said
at one point I put you down cuz you
kicked me he also debated whether to
charge her her with resisting arrest or
with
assault now wait a minute now he put her
down because you kicked me but earlier
you said that uh she swung her elbows
and kicked you when you were putting her
in handcuffs H doesn't sound like your
story is very straight does
it okay and uh luckily there one good
news here is authorities have said Ania
violated protocol during the stop he's
been reassigned to a desk job until the
investigation is complete I sure hope
this isn't protocol although I've seen
it all across the country and I feel
like cops uh pick and fights like this
and if you ever dare to not give the
exact uh you know answers that they want
where you're in you know ingratiate
yourself to them and you you know we put
out your hands like this and say oh yes
yes off if you don't cry in front of
them and do exactly as they tell you I
mean yeah they'll arrest you for no
goddamn reason that does seem like
normal protocol to me in America
unfortunately now finally curious part
here of the dash cam uh we're going to
show you a part of the video that the
authorities put out that appears to be
very clearly edited the audio is going
to be continuous but we don't know what
they they did to the audio but you'll
see here tow truck get stops the guy
gets out from the tow truck a white SUV
goes by and then you'll see it again
right after
watch a sign
and you know and just explained to her
what was going on because I couldn't
even I couldn't even get to do what I
was telling her I mean she just started
going this is a MF and you give me an MF
and ticket for lane change I mean she
just started going I just stepped back
in the car I was like are you done ma'am
I need to tell you why and what I'm
giving
you and it just kept on
going I mean I don't have seriously body
the
injury you know but but I was kicked
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there's a question about whether that
tape was edited we edit tapes all the
time here trust me that was edited okay
there's no question about that question
is over it's officially over now why
they did that edit I don't know right uh
did they also take out a part of the
audio was he saying something else then
that was removed they didn't know how to
fix the video so I don't or maybe it was
an honest mistake I have no idea I do
know it was edited no question about
that okay so
now none of this answers how or why uh
she got killed that morning right so
that's a different part of the
investigation very very very important
uh we don't have answers there either so
nobody should jump to conclusions having
said that none of that had to happen she
didn't have to be in that prison cell
Monday morning if this cop hadn't pulled
her over and then started to arrest her
and yank her out of her car for no
reason in the first place place this is
the problem with the culture of policing
in America okay most important thing is
for them to make sure that they are in
charge and they feel powerful and who
they normally take it out on the most
the powerless that often happens to be
minorities but certainly not exclusively
if you're powerful you think they're
going to do that to you and they're
going to pull over a Bentley and Beverly
Hills and do that hell no okay are they
going to do that in the middle of Texas
to someone who has no power
unfortunately time and time again and in
this case it was Sandy Bland and in this
case the end was tragic