At Sandra Bland's funeral, a mother's call to action

[sheshe2]

Sandra Bland's mother was the last to speak at her daughter's funeral.

Geneva Reed-Veal’s voice didn't break as she addressed the hundreds before her; she didn't shed any tears. She spoke clearly and decisively, determined to raise a call to action with each word.

“I'm the mama, and I'm telling you that my baby did not take herself out,” she said. “The fact is, I'm the mama. And I still don't know what happened. You think you're mad? I'm mad too.”

The majority of people attending Bland's funeral Saturday had never met her. Yet mothers stood in line outside the Lisle church for nearly an hour under the unforgiving sun, a thick layer of sweat forming on their foreheads and those of the crying infants they held in their arms. Teenagers held handwritten signs with photos of Bland they found on Facebook; some young men had made T-shirts that read “#SandySpeaks.”

Those attending Sandra Bland's funeral were joined by their fierce belief that, whatever the circumstance, the 28-year-old Naperville woman did not deserve to die.

“I don't know Sandra, and I don't know what happened,” said Hank Brown, of Chicago. “But I do know she didn't have to die. There's an epidemic of police terror in this country, and people need to stand up.”

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Sandra Bland Funeral
Posted on July 25, 2015 by SouthernGirl2













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Rest in peace sweet child. I only wish this was the last time I had to say the words.

[niyad]

1. requiescat in pace, sandra. and may justice be done.

[sheshe2]

3. May justice be done.

Yes niyad. Tears.

[niyad]

4. I am praying for the time we can stop crying.

[sheshe2]

6. As am I.

Thanks niyad..for now I will continue with the tears and the pain in my heart.

[Cha]

2. “I'm the mama, and I'm telling you that my baby did not take herself out,”

No way.

Thank you for posting this tribute to Sandra Bland, she~

“I don't know Sandra, and I don't know what happened,” said Hank Brown, of Chicago. “But I do know she didn't have to die. There's an epidemic of police terror in this country, and people need to stand up.”

#BlackLivesMatter

[sheshe2]

5. There's an epidemic of police terror in this country, and people need to stand up.”

They should not be losing their sweet baby girls or boys, women or men. This needs to stop.

"I am the mama"

RIP~Sandra

[MrMickeysMom]

7. K&R

Thank you for posting this and hearing their words.

The fact is, in the pyramid of madness there is S U C H a wide base…

[Fred Sanders]

8. Superb OP. Was the gun debate over after Sandy Hook, when Americans apparently agreed even the

massacre of dozens of children was also not enough for more effective gun control laws?