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Sandra Bland had marijuana in her system, DA reported as saying (Now a Possible Murder)
Reuters ^ | 07-23-2015 | Ben Klayman

Posted on 07/23/2015 12:22:16 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

Sandra Bland, the black woman found hanging dead in a Texas jail days after a traffic stop, smoked or possibly swallowed a large amount of marijuana while in custody, her family's attorney reported the district attorney as saying.

Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis made the disclosure in a text message to attorney Cannon Lambert, who has called the state's autopsy on the Chicago-area woman defective, Lambert said.

"Looking at the autopsy results and toxicology, it appears she swallowed a large quantity of marijuana or smoked it in the jail," Mathis said in a text message to Lambert that the attorney provided to Reuters.

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After the incident escalated into an altercation between her and the trooper, Bland was taken into custody and charged with assaulting an officer. She was found hanging in her jail cell on July 13 with a plastic trash bag around her neck.

Her death was originally ruled a suicide, although officials have said they are handling it as a murder probe.

According to Lambert, Mathis said the state needs to conduct a second autopsy on Bland, whose body was returned to the Chicago area on Wednesday in preparation for a funeral on Saturday.

"The family's confidence is shaken by the continued discrepancies that are surfacing," Lambert said in an email to Reuters.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: marijuana; murder; murderprobe; sandrabland
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Let me get this straight. Officials now think she may have smoked a large quantity of marijuana WHILE IN THE FREAKING JAIL?

Hoo Boy!

1 posted on 07/23/2015 12:22:16 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

possibly ate it in the car during the arrest? Cheech and Chong did this, I believe.


2 posted on 07/23/2015 12:24:08 PM PDT by babble-on
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To: babble-on

No they just pretended to do that in a motion picture.


3 posted on 07/23/2015 12:25:35 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

My guess is she probably had a stash in the car, and when she was being pulled over, she swallowed it. A victomology adherent with a huge, racial chip on her shoulder, in addition to being an unstable individual with suicidal tendencies. Of course, none of that will satisfy the Canadians & their Communist backers such as Hillary.


4 posted on 07/23/2015 12:26:42 PM PDT by twister881
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To: Responsibility2nd

Right. The cops stuffed a lethal amount of marijuana in her and then she went and hung herself.


5 posted on 07/23/2015 12:28:03 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("Help Me Dad" Kathryn Steinle shot and killed by a five-time deported illegal.)
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To: twister881

So who put a plastic bag in her cell? Test it for marijuana.. Who knows?


6 posted on 07/23/2015 12:28:18 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

So who was the last friend or family member to visit her in jail?

I think it is far more likely that someone visiting her slipped her some hash or hash oil than it is that a guard let her chain smoke several joints.


7 posted on 07/23/2015 12:28:53 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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"This will of course be very relevant in any future criminal or civil litigation,"

THIS is the operative phrase in all of this Reuters story. Could, possibly, may have. Second autopsy not yet performed, body now in Chicago.....

Just guess where in the hell's bells this is going? This is ABOUT money and to some extent, extending the "black lives matter" meme.

8 posted on 07/23/2015 12:29:28 PM PDT by Gaffer
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I bet they never even checked her keester.


9 posted on 07/23/2015 12:29:58 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Responsibility2nd

Great, here it comes, “She was high on the pot, that’s why she hanged herself and acted so unruly with the police officer.” How on earth did she get weed while in prison. This really isn’t adding up. I might have missed it in the article but did these results come from the private autopsy or the state autopsy (if there was one)?


10 posted on 07/23/2015 12:30:08 PM PDT by jasbd1985
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To: babble-on
Cheech and Chong did this, I believe.

And Tom Cruise is a Navy pilot.

11 posted on 07/23/2015 12:30:28 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (Pres CTRL + ALT + DELETE to unlock this tagline.)
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12 posted on 07/23/2015 12:30:35 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Responsibility2nd

So how does the family even remotely think this is a murder?


13 posted on 07/23/2015 12:31:14 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: jasbd1985

To me, there aren’t any conclusive unbiased facts. The first thing they do is to get a “second” somewhere in Chicago....yep, that’s the ticket.


14 posted on 07/23/2015 12:31:14 PM PDT by Gaffer
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"The family's confidence is shaken by the continued discrepancies that are surfacing,"
The family is REALLY shaken they won't have a case when they sue and they'll lose out on the multi-million dollar payoff they so righteously deserve.
15 posted on 07/23/2015 12:31:40 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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When there is a remote chance of a big payoff. Simple


16 posted on 07/23/2015 12:31:48 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: babble-on

Hell, I’ve done it :).


18 posted on 07/23/2015 12:32:10 PM PDT by jasbd1985
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To: Responsibility2nd

Doesn’t matter what actual facts come to light exonerating the police, the “facts” will be forced for an agenda.


19 posted on 07/23/2015 12:32:13 PM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: twister881
My guess is she probably had a stash in the car, and when she was being pulled over, she swallowed it.

Or she was a drug mule and was transporting a large quantity internally. It would explain whey she was so agitated about being stopped and given a traffic warning.

20 posted on 07/23/2015 12:32:39 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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