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Showing Original Post only (View all)Another outrage in Sandra Bland injustice: She couldn’t find $500 bail [View all]
http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2015/07/another-outrage-in-sandra-bland-injustice-she-couldnt-find-500-bail.html/Bond and bail are among those murky jailhouse issues that many of us have the good fortune to not really have ever had need to understand. In the case of Sandra Bland, whom authorities say killed herself after spending three days in a southeast Texas jail after an incident that began with a simple failure to change lanes July 10, heres how the bond/bail system worked:
The court set a $5,000 bond, money that could Bland have provided it would have been returned to her when she showed up for official proceedings. Her second option was to pay a bail bondsman $500 (or 10 percent) to post the $5,000 for her. The $500 to the bail bondsman is not refundable.
Mother Jones explains the difficulties posed by the system and what some see as the inherent unfairness of it all. Not surprisingly, like so much of so-called justice in America, much of ones fate rides on how wealthy (or not) one is.
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But perhaps more importantly, right now there is a strong belief that when the
truedelphi
Aug 2015
#152
Sadly, the actual law does provide for police to arrest you for almost anything.
AllFieldsRequired
Jul 2015
#56
She couldn't have resisted unless he was arresting her first, so why was he arresting her? n/t
Uncle Joe
Jul 2015
#51
As I understand the charges, she was charged with 1) assault and 2) resisting arrest.
COLGATE4
Jul 2015
#55
Tecnically, but we all know the real reason was she dared to be black while driving
AllFieldsRequired
Jul 2015
#58
He never told her it was just a warning until he had her handcuffed at that point it was too late to
Uncle Joe
Jul 2015
#67
At that point it didn't make any difference he was already arresting her, but a previous driver in a
Uncle Joe
Jul 2015
#73
Never happen if she wasnt black and we all know it. That is why she is dead, wrong color
AllFieldsRequired
Jul 2015
#74
If she was white he would have hardly noticed the car existed, let alone pulled her over.
AllFieldsRequired
Jul 2015
#79
He asked her, how she was doing and Bland said she was irritated, that set the officer off,
Uncle Joe
Jul 2015
#66
if the assault charge was for swinging her elbows after the cuffs were on
questionseverything
Jul 2015
#76
On the video we heard her specifically say "Don't touch me." She was probably moving her arm
jwirr
Jul 2015
#37
Exactly. I posted elsewhere about the whole police department being fired for rape when I was a kid.
jwirr
Jul 2015
#62
And you know that if any one of us white folk had been the one in that car neither of those
jwirr
Jul 2015
#39
He would not have even seen you, you would have not mattered to him. He saw an unknown
AllFieldsRequired
Jul 2015
#60
The racist white cop had her criminally charged with resisting the illegal arrest and assault on a racist cop.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#104
Bail was $5,000 for which she could pay a Bail Bondsperson a non-refundable $500. n/t
PoliticAverse
Jul 2015
#105
Bullshit. For many Americans quickly coming up with $500 cash is near impossible
BillZBubb
Jul 2015
#32
Coming up with $500 for the bail bond is onerous for a great many Americans.
Gormy Cuss
Jul 2015
#36
Speaks someone with money. Most of the people I know could not come up with $500 without
jwirr
Jul 2015
#40
She was actually charged with "assaulting a public servant", a 3rd degree felony. n/t
PoliticAverse
Jul 2015
#103
Why on earth was she not just issued a ticket for a minor traffic infraction?
sabrina 1
Jul 2015
#48
Anyone denying what you say, which is the clear truth and the facts, is not worth arguing with.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#107
She came from Naperville IL - median income is well north of $100k/household
riderinthestorm
Jul 2015
#11
Naperville currently has 9 apartments in a city with a population of 144,000
riderinthestorm
Jul 2015
#44