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In reply to the discussion: Another outrage in Sandra Bland injustice: She couldn’t find $500 bail [View all]brush
(54,170 posts)Shame on the many here snarkily ridiculing her family for not having a spare $500 laying around. That's not
that unusual with so many living paycheck to paycheck. Everyone is not fortunate enough to be able to come up
with that amount immediately.
Her family was working to get the money up (probably pooling money). She talked to her sister on Saturday about
it. No one expected her to be dead the next day and their efforts would be too late. They were 1000 miles away
btw. And for those who think it's as simple as wiring the money, a bondsman had to be found, at long distance,
who would agree to put up the 10% of the $5000 bail, otherwise they would have to wire or deliver the whole
$5000 themselves even you snarky ones would be hard pressed to come up with $5000 cash immediately.