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Sandra Bland informed jail officers about earlier suicide attempt

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Sandra Bland informed jail officers about earlier suicide attempt | US news | The Guardian

The forms do not paint an entirely clear picture of Bland’s mental health on the evening of her arrest.

In one handwritten screening questionnaire completed an hour after her arrest the “yes” box is checked in response to the question “have you ever attempted suicide”, with the details recorded as “When? 2014; Why? Lost baby; How? Pills”.

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However, on another form typed by a different officer and with a recorded time of two hours and 45 minutes later, the answers to the questions “have you ever been depressed?”, “do you feel this way now?” and “have you had thoughts of killing yourself in the last year?” are “no”, and the year of the suicide attempt is stated as 2015. The Guardian has sought comment from a Waller county sheriff’s office spokesman about the apparent discrepancies in the forms.
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:shock::shock: so we have improper policy violations on the arrest, and now this. is this squad composed entirely of Barney Fifes?
smh.
 
SlevinKelevra said:
Sandra Bland informed jail officers about earlier suicide attempt | US news | The Guardian




:shock::shock: so we have improper policy violations on the arrest, and now this. is this squad composed entirely of Barney Fifes?
smh.
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In the video she did not seem to behave intelligently, in any event. Anyone that insults a police officer in the charged atmosphere in this country at this time must be crazy, especially, if they are Black.

That does not mean that the woman should not be alive now nor even should she have been arraigned. But the way she acted was stupid at best.
 
SlevinKelevra said:
so we have improper policy violations on the arrest,
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No you do not have that.
What was stated was the following.
"violated the department's procedures regarding traffic stops and the department's courtesy policy,"​

You have a "procedure" violation on the stop.
You have a "Courtesy" violation on their interaction. Not a violation on the arrest.

None effect the legality of the Officer's actions.
 
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