The “Black” Woman’s Mouth and Sandra Bland.
July 24, 2015 by Staff
Filed under News, Opinion, Relationships, Sista Talk, Weekly Columns
(ThyBlackMan.com) First of all, let me say the recent death of Sandra Bland in Texas was a tragedy that did not need to happen and my prayers are with her family. That being said, as a former detective, I have viewed the video confrontation between Bland and the Texas State Trooper. Here are the facts. Bland was irate and confrontational with the State Trooper when he was only about to give her a warning for failure to put on her signal before a lane change. Bland was non-compliant, even though she was asked to comply several times. This time, unfortunately, an African American woman had too much mouth with the wrong person and at the wrong time. I probably would have pepper sprayed her when she failed to comply with the instructions or done just as the State Trooper did. This time we cannot blame the Texas State Trooper. The incident was caught on video and can be seen at the link below:
http://news.yahoo.com/da-too-early-know-woman-died-texas-jail-071406087.html
Now more information has come out so let me put the pieces together based on my experience. First of all, I have seen the 52 minute unaltered video and the other video made by an African American young man which shows what did not appear on the trooper’s dashcam. Sandra Bland continued to run her mouth with profane, repulsive language even after the female officer arrived. Then she continued to be obscene as she was placed in the female officer’s patrol car. Bland may not have known that each use of profane or obscene language was grounds for which she could be arrested. Below is the law in Texas. It may be harsh, but it’s the law. And while Bland thought she knew her rights, she didn’t. Violation of the code below is a Class C misdemeanor, therefore in Texas it is a crime.
TEXAS PENAL CODE
TITLE 9. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY
CHAPTER 42. DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES
Sec. 42.01. DISORDERLY CONDUCT. (a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly:
(1) uses abusive, indecent, profane, or vulgar language in a public place, and the language by its very utterance tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace;
Here is the law in Texas for resisting arrest. Notice below in section (a) that Texas law does in fact allow the officer to arrest or search a person. Saying you know your rights does not stop the officer if he/she has found probable cause (including smelling an unlawful substance).If the officer finds “probable cause”, he/she does not 
need a warrant in order to take action. Sandra Bland was told to get out of her car over 7 times. She did not comply, she fought with the officer and therefore she resisted under Texas law. We may not think it is fair, but it is the law in Texas. And as shown in section B below, in Texas, the citizen cannot resist even if the search or arrest is unlawful. Wow. See the Texas code below.
TEX PE. CODE ANN. § 38.03 : Texas Statutes – Section 38.03: RESISTING ARREST, SEARCH, OR TRANSPORTATION
Note: underlined sections are by me
(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally prevents or obstructs a person he knows is a peace officer or a person acting in a peace officer’s presence and at his direction from effecting an arrest, search, or transportation of the actor or another by using force against the peace officer or another.(b) It is no defense to prosecution under this section that the arrest or search was unlawful.(c) Except as provided in Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.(d) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if the actor uses a deadly weapon to resist the arrest or search. – See more at: http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/txstatutes/PE/8/38/38.03#sthash.tIUDyv1d.dpuf
What about the cigarette and can you smoke in your car? It goes deeper than that. The toxicology report shows Sandra Bland had marijuana in her system. And if it was street weed, it was likely laced with rat poison (arsenic), embalming fluid and a number of other lethal ingredients. That might account for the odd behavior from Bland which was referenced by the trooper when he went to the passenger side window and again when he went to the driver side window. If she had just smoked marijuana, that would explain why she did want to put out her cigarette. She would have been masking the scent of the marijuana. I have a hunch that the trooper got a whiff of the marijuana smell and thus asked her politely to put out her cigarette. If he smelled the masked marijuana, he would not have told her what he was doing or why.
Texas laws on marijuana are very tough. Sandra Bland had only been in town a day and she was about to start a new job a few days later. Because of Texas law, she could not afford to be arrested for marijuana. Look at the law below regarding Texas laws on marijuana. Maybe, just may, she knew that. If so, it would certainly account for her behavior which the trooper asked about twice. Even less than 2 ounces in Texas can carry a maximum penalty of 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine.
Code Section Health & Safety §481.032, et seq. Possession Under 2 oz.: Class B misdemeanor; 2-4 oz.: Class A misdemeanor; 4 oz. to 5 lbs.: State jail felony; 5-50 lbs.: 3rd degree felony; 50-2000 lbs.: 2nd degree felony; Over 2000 lbs.: Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice institution for life or 5-99 yrs. and $50,000
Unfortunately Sandra Bland could have been charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assault on a law enforcement officer. Then, when the female officer arrived and Bland continued to be irate, the female officer could have piled on more charges just to make things ugly. The tape recorded by the bystander could have been used as evidence by a prosecutor. I do not think Sandra Bland knew all of that. If she was innocent, the case would not have been tried on the street that day, but rather in court. Meanwhile she would have set in jail. I say again, do not say you know your rights if you do not actually know them.
I use this tragedy to illustrate a point about the mouth of most African American women. Condescending, confrontational, ambivalent, vile, negative and full of animosity are words that come to mind to describe the mouth of many of our women (not all of them). Our people seem not to want to address this issue. Instead too many would rather make excuses for “why her mouth has to be that way”. But when I hear the vile and repulsive mouth of a sister who cannot control her words, I hear the same tone as the slave master putting down the African American man all the while making excuses as he does it. A vile, negative, profane and condescending mouth does nobody any good and its illegal.
Ladies we African American men are tired of a mouth that tears down instead of building up. Correction is fine but it is how you do it and the words you use that make all the difference. Ladies do you want to be heard or just to tear down the man you say you care about? Guys if you are allowing a woman to speak to you in the wrong way, stop it and get a spine. And guys, speak to her with respect, honoring her and listening to her thoughts and opinions. So ladies, as a family and relationship counselor, I must say verbal and emotional abuse are ABUSE just like physical abuse. In fact, words cut deep and leave a lasting negative impact that is not soon forgotten. The African American man has been put down enough. Correct us, yes, but by building us up – not tearing us down. And ladies, in some states like Georgia, verbal abuse is literally against the law (reference Oprobrious Language: Fighting Words).
Before some of you say that I am scarred, I need to let you know that I am married to a sister who can control her mouth. She is a strong woman who expresses her opinion on anything and I want to hear it on everything. I value her opinion, especially when she disagrees with me. She knows to speak to me the way she would like to be spoken to and so do I. Yes she may get irritable or frustrated like any woman (or man) does, but she honors me, she respects me and she reflects that in how she communicates with me. I thank God for her because I know I am blessed.
Years ago Shahrazad Ali wrote a book entitled The Blackman’s Guide to Understanding The Black woman wherein she expressed that the “black” woman was less supportive of the “black” man than any other race or group on the planet. Instead of being honest about such a claim and asking why, a great many African American women simply dismissed her claim. I agree with her generally but of course that does not describe all “black” women. Yet it does describe far too many of our women. There is no excuses for an abusive mouth. Ladies, if you say it’s the man’s fault, didn’t you choose that man? And keep in mind that I am even harder on men because we are the leaders who must set the example. Read my other articles on this site such as What’s Wrong With The African American Man and you will see that my perspective is both objective and balanced. And ladies, before you point the finger at the man, know that doing so will not absolve you of accountability for your mouth.
Guys if you are with a verbally or emotionally abusive woman, draw a line in the sand. Refuse to be treated that way or spoken to in that manner. People only do to us what we allow to be done to us. And you cannot “act the fool” with her. If you do, there are two fools and no effective communication will ever come forth to accomplish anything. Guys be the example and don’t make things worse by acting the same way. Sit down and tell her what you will not accept. Go to a counselor or mediator. Attempt to identify the source of the anger that fuels her vicious mouth. Sometimes it is bi-polar disorder, hormone imbalance or past relationships.
Ladies, find an outlet, a way to vent your anger or frustration without taking it out on the man you say you care about. No more excuses. What are you teaching your children when you use words like weapons? And sometimes the best policy is to say something nice(or at least in the right way) or not to say anything at all. I do not know if Sandra Bland committed suicide, but I can say that her irrational and unnecessary confrontational mouth made matters a whole lot worse in a traffic stop where someone was not going to accept her behavior. We all can, should and must learn from that.
If the police ask you to do something, even if you feel they are wrong, just do your best to comply and handle it legally later. You will not likely be able to overcome the officer (even if he/she is wrong). And you may incur more charges or injury by fighting or resisting (even if the officer is wrong). When stopped by an officer (a good or bad one), your objective MUST always be to walk out of the encounter with little or no charges and with no injuries. Never forget that, regardless of your feelings, ego or hormones, and it will guide your actions in the encounter.
Staff Writer; Marque-Anthony
For Their Own Safety, Police Can Order People Out of Cars in Routine Stops, Court Rules
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
Published: February 20, 1997
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19— The Supreme Court ruled today that police officers may order passengers out of the cars they stop for routine traffic violations, even in the absence of any reason to suspect that the passenger has committed a crime or presents a threat to the officer’s safety.
The 7-to-2 decision, adopting a position long advocated by police organizations, was an extension of a 1977 Supreme Court decision permitting police officers to order the driver out of the car in a routine traffic stop.
”On the public interest side of the balance, the same weighty interest in officer safety is present regardless of whether the occupant of the stopped car is a driver or passenger,” Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist said in the majority opinion today.
The two dissenting Justices, John Paul Stevens and Anthony M. Kennedy, objected that the decision marked a substantial contraction of the Fourth Amendment right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures.
”The Court takes the unprecedented step of authorizing seizures that are unsupported by any individualized suspicion whatsoever,” Justice Stevens said. Justice Kennedy said the result would be to place ”tens of millions of passengers at risk of arbitrary control by the police.”
The decision overturned a 1995 ruling by a state appeals court in Maryland. State courts around the country had been split on the question. Thirty-eight states joined Maryland in asking the Justices to overturn the Maryland ruling, and the Clinton Administration showed its support by having Attorney General Janet Reno, in her first Supreme Court appearance, argue on behalf of Maryland when the case was heard two months ago.
The Maryland court, ruling that the police need ”some individualized or particularized suspicion” before ordering a passenger out of a car, refused to permit the prosecution to introduce the crack cocaine that had fallen to the ground when a passenger, Jerry Lee Wilson, obeyed a state trooper’s order to get out of a car that was stopped for speeding on Interstate 95 near Baltimore.
In his opinion today, Maryland v. Wilson, No. 95-1268, Chief Justice Rehnquist said that ”in one sense” a passenger has a stronger case than a driver for not being ordered out of the car: it is the driver, and not the passenger, who has committed a traffic offense.
But there is little difference ”as a practical matter,” the Chief Justice said, because all occupants of the car have already been stopped ”by virtue of the stop of the vehicle.” If there is evidence inside the vehicle of a more serious crime, he said, ”the motivation of a passenger to employ violence to prevent apprehension of such a crime is every bit as great as that of the driver.”
Chief Justice Rehnquist cited Federal statistics showing that in 1994, 5,762 police officers were assaulted and 11 were killed during traffic pursuits and stops.
Justice Stevens, in dissent, objected that these statistics gave no indication of how many of the incidents involved passengers; whether the passengers were inside or outside of the cars; or whether the violence would have been prevented had the passengers been ordered out.
In response, Chief Justice Rehnquist said, ”It is, indeed, regrettable that the empirical data on a subject such as this are sparse, but we need not ignore the data which do exist simply because further refinement would be even more helpful.”
When the case was argued in December, the Maryland Attorney General, J. Joseph Curran, appeared to startle most of the Justices by making the sweeping argument that not only could police officers order passengers out of the car, but they could also prevent passengers not suspected of any crime from leaving the scene — to hail a taxi, for example. Chief Justice Rehnquist said today that this issue ”is not presented by this case, and we express no opinion upon it.”
Regarding The Article Bobbi Cited,
Look at the quote below FROM THAT ARTICLE and you will see that the order for Sandra Bland to get out of thee car was a lawful order.
Was it necessary? Likely not. Was it wise? No. But was it legal or lawful? Yes. Hard acts to accept, especially when you are a person like Bobbi who does not know the law.
“At that point, Encinia was trying to walk back the escalation that he had initiated when he ordered Bland out of the car — a lawful order under a 1997 Supreme Court ruling, but an unnecessary one considering the context.”
Wisdom dictates that if you are in a battle you are not likely to win at that moment, you do not undertake the battle at that moment. It is therefore not a matter of rights, it is a matter of surviving the encounter and being around to handle it legally later.
Wake up people. If you go head to head with the opposition when they have the huge advantage, even if you are right, you may lose the encounter. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IS NOT HOWTO BATTLE. Ask any military trained person. WAKE UP!
To Bobbi,
Nobody here is paying attention to you. I had 7 emails today which said just that. You are immature, playing tit for tat and not offering anything helpful. You are simply disagreeable because you are ignorant of Texas law. You just cannot accept that, even though the laws of Texas Penal Code are clearly cited above.
As two emails stated, I should not even be wasting time with a closed minded clueless trouble maker like you and you are not persuading any sensible people here. I will not devalue the 120 likes of this article because they are smart, honest readers who are NOTT in denial like Bobbi.
As for the article that has more likes than me:
1. I am informing based on facts, law and evidence – not competing.
2. I did not write an article on that site so it’s hard to know how many likes I might have had or not.
3. Likes when they plug into denials of the law, the facts and the truth simply mean a lot of people are in denial.
Readers: Please read this article which confirms what we all know; Sandra Bland should never have been arrested, that although not always wise, you have a right to speak back to an arresting officer, it
was the arresting officers responsibility to de-escalate this situation but, he instead escalated it.
Please also scroll down and view the reporter speak of this county in which this injustice occurred. It has a long standing, troubling history of injustice towards blacks.
Sandra Bland was more than a “Black” woman with a mouth. Her life mattered.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/55aeec9fe4b0a9b94852ee0f
You will never get me to stoop to your level but I will continue to expose you and post the truth.
You puffed your chest at your 120 likes. Here is an article that received 1.8k likes. See the difference? Read it and get a clue.
http://gawker.com/sandra-bland-and-why-we-can-no-longer-look-away-1720634864
To All Readers,
Bobbi is the perfect example of how those who are racists want us to act and think. Walking in denial so we will never fix the problems in our community – male and female. Going through life always blaming someone else instead of taking personal responsibility for one’s actions. Venting by confronting the facts and going head to head with anyone who realizes the facts are accurate.
There is a deep seated anger displayed by Bobbi because of what Bobbi has gone through. This causes Bobbi to stereotype people, ignore facts and believe whatever quenches or allows the venting of that anger. That is why Bobbi keeps responding with nonsense.
Bobbi, like Sandra Bland, wants to fight wrongs that he/she has encountered. But neither person knew how and reactions without intellect or wisdom make for a very dangerous loose canon. And we cannot afford to battle without wisdom, take actions that make things harder on ourselves, open the door to those who want to attack us then walk in denial that we opened those doors.
I say fight injustice but fight with wisdom instead of fighting the facts and each other. If you don’t like the law, find a way to change it. But you cannot change it from the inside of a jail cell or a morgue. undertake battles you are likely to win in ways you are like to win, not just any battle.
If a fact is negative, it is not because of me stating it. The fact is negative because the truth is negative. We cannot keep avoiding our issues that WE have to fix in our communities. DENIAL HELPS NOBODY and neither does always blaming someone else instead of having the wisdom and maturity to take personal responsibility for our actions.
Judge Mathis may not want to get into hot water but I don’t mind hot water and tackling the issues honestly that we need to fix.
Bobbi,
You are at it again. Judge Mathis is a Magistrate Judge who does not even try those type cases because they are out of his jurisdiction. He was never a detective or trained in law enforcement. Furthermore, though he is a judge, that does not change Texas Penal Code as I have cited in my article. NICE TRY BUT YOU ARE EMBARASSING YOURSELF. Now, because you have no points, no facts, no evidence, no way to refute the facts – you resort to Judge Mathis. People who like this article are smarter than that. Furthermore, I just spoke with two Superior Court judges (higher than Judge Mathis and who handle these cases). They concur with the evidence, facts and laws I presented. Finally, you are trying to establish credibility with intelligent people, but you have none. Nor do you have solutions nor a record of what you have done for black people.
As for Judge Mathis not mentioning the black woman’s mouth, he has NOT had the training in psychology and sociology that I have had. He is not a family and relationship counselor. Thus his perspective would not reflect as such and address issues for which he is not qualified to address.
Nice try Bobbi but you missed again. I said I was not going to respond to your attacks against me, but when you start trying to mislead my audience, I must respond and expose you for what you are doing.
Leave it alone. You have no facts, no evidence, no law and no research. Nor do you cite your track record in helping black people. You are embarrassing yourself.
To all: Please listen to Judge Greg Mathis dissect the arrest and death of Sandra Bland. Not once did he mention the “Black” woman’s mouth but, he had a lot of compelling things to say regarding the culpability of the arresting police officer and the negligence of the facility in which she was jailed.
Just to note- there is also a recording of the arresting officers accounting of this incident that is in stark contrast to the video recording that was released. Please look for and review that.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LQGAQ8kph54
Yes-I am a noisemaker. I have and will call attention to the disrespect you have spewed in your article against black women and expose you further with every response you make that is condescending and full of negative name calling directed at every poster who has dared to challenge you which last I counted was nearly every one.
By now, everyone sees you have only been beating your chest and that the man who has deemed himself worthy to direct brothers and instruct sisters on their temperament and conduct is easily agitated and angered.
It will not be lost on them that you, the supposed enlightened to how we should treat others have called everyone who disagrees with you; ignorant, guinea pigs, clueless, sad childish, lost, cowards…..
Unlike you, I don’t feel the need to qualify myself over and over and/or prove to readers of my pro blackness. You go there because I have exposed you as the antithesis of all that you have have preached.
Oh, one more thing Bobbi:
120 Likes shows 120 people reached, 120 people informed and 120 people mature enough (unlike you) who can accept the truth. Apparently you underestimate the impact 120 informed people can make. I will not discredit any of them as you seem to be covertly doing. You don’t fool anybody because you have NO LIKES do you? Grow up! I wont waste time with you again.
To Bobbi,
You just don’t get it. I don’t have to convince anybody because my work, my numbers, my impact and my articles speak for themselves. You bring up something then when I answer it with facts, you shun that too.
What have you done for the black community? By now, the readers know that you are just a noise maker with no facts to refute anything I have said, no evidence of how you have helped black people and nothing really to say that is helping anybody even now. GROW UP! I won’t dignify your ignorant comments by responding to you again.
My articles are written to help people and inform them of the facts. Obviously you need a different type of help. We are done.
Who are you trying to convince, Yourself?
Your community programs sound great. You should stick to that.
Lecturing and inspiring the black woman is not your wheelhouse.
Perhaps your 120 likes on a platform as large as face book should tell you something.
To All Real African American Men,
If the woman is a queen, know that you are a King, the head, the leader. You do not have to ever accept the negative, vile, profane, obscene, out of control or abusive mouth of a black woman. None of us of any race are perfect but deliberate put downs of the black man by the black woman have
to stop and stop NOW.
They are told by their moms not to settle so black men don’t need to settle either. Teach your sons that black men. If a woman talks down, profane or obscene to you, she disrespects you and she does not care about you like she says she does. Actions do speak louder than words but sometimes the actions are the words.
We won’t take it from the white man or the cop apparently. So why should we take it from the black woman? Have a spine men. Have some balls men. Be a man and draw the line in the sand. Don’t be a victim of the slave master’s vessel. A good black woman (and there are many) knows this and agrees.
PEACE COMES FROM DIVINE ORDER, NOT FROM BEING A COWWARD
WATCH THIS
And see if you who walk in denial will call him a coon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGE2T_jOUkQ
To Lost Bobbi Who Talks Junk:
I am not a leader according to you? My seminars would say different. My youth forums are always packed, students from 5 different high schools. My crime prevention classes are also packed. I write for 5 different website, with thousands of LIKES.
You have not seen the dozens of emails of support or the dozens more requesting additional material. My information has been reviewed and praised by mental health professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists, judges and law enforcement for being fair, informative and balanced.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WWHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. You simply make insults not based in fact. I am about done with you because you choose to be a lost cause. I attack the problem and you attack the person. Now think about who is programmed by the slave master.
Finally, again, how many thousands of people have you helped? Not!
To Bobbi Once More,
People like you waste time and take up space. If you don’t agree with my article, go read something somewhere else. There are plenty off people who do agree and you do not see me begging you to agree with anything. But I will tell you this, run your mouth the way Sandra Bland did to a State Trooper in your state and see what happens.
To Lost Bobbi,
You assume you know my objectives so you assume my approach is wrong. A lot of people disagree with you. And for those who agree with you, know that I don’t have to reach everybody because I am not even intending to reach people like you. You just talk at me, you are not even listening because you are so lost in denial.
Your limited experiences do not determine the truth of all reality. Nor do mine. That’s why I have interviewed THOUSANDS of women for my new book that the publisher also liked. And guess what, both my publisher’s rep and my agent are black women. You really want to make it seem like I am alone in my assessment. But you fail to realize that it is not just my assessment.
I also spoke to 7 black female police officers who also agree. But let me see if you discount what they say. WAKE UP!
To Confused Bobbi,
You are so lost. You did not providence evidence to refute any point I made. You also ignored all the evidence I offered from other honest black women. Im sure you did not look at the video link either. I had 120 likes so I am glad apparently 120 people do not think like you.
You are I no position to tell me how to communicate. None of your claims are supported by fact, just denial. Stick to the facts. You keep ignoring what honest black women are admitting. Wake up.
We can’t tackle problems unless we admit them openly. Providing strong medicine through a hard analysis of the problem is not prosecution. You just cant take it but many others can. The fact that you don’t like it does not make me wrong in content nor approach.
You never answered how many people or black families or women with profane mouths you have helped. You offer no solutions because you deny the problems. Thus what help are you to anybody? None.
STOP WALKING IN DENIAL
There are many truths and experiences in this world.
That stated, how you choose to deliver “your truth” will determine how it will be received.
You cannot insult an entire race of women and then expect them to take heed of any advice from you. It doesn’t work that way.
You started out by talking down to us in your title referring to us as “a mouth” and comparing us all to Sandra Bland. You then proceeded to give us the harsh descriptions by which you a man, would have incapacitated any “Black” woman with “the mouth” and was proud to inform us that it would have been much worse than the arresting officer. Somewhere in there you preached a sermon on how the black woman needs to change and not blame the black man since she chose him.
And you expected us to receive and appreciate this?!
“The role of the black male must be as a leader of change and the protector of his women”
You set yourself up as an authority in this post but, you are not qualified because you are not a leader of the change that you wish to see. You have solutions but no understanding.
It is not enough to point your finger at what is wrong, deliver preachy challenges and remain as YOU are;
disparaging, mocking and marking your women as the aggressor and not as someone you should protect and respect, unwilling to listen- even as you challenge me to, resorting to name calling even as you heap your negative labels upon me.
First, I would suggest that you go back and learn or review your role as a Black man, since you have placed yourself in a position to instruct Back women. Learn to be the leader and protector that you were meant to be. Self correct before you deliver any more sermons us.
To Derick One More Time,
Ironically, your actions are more of what the white racist desires than mine. You walk in denial. You have not done the research. You ignore the facts. And you attack another African American who I guarantee has done more for black people than you have.
YOU ARE THE IDEAL SLAVE AND DON’T EVEN KNOW IT.
Regarding Sandra Bland and thee black woman’s mouth, many of you reacted without looking at all the evidence, knowing the law or admonishing the facts. That is denial in it’s purest form. I am disgusted that people jumped on the bandwagon with writers like Levar on this site, though he could not even say what he has done for our people. And his solutions of just not going to Florida etc? Really?
African Americans are falling into a trap that many factions of the government hope our race will fall into. They want us to ignore the facts and riot. That is how they will advance martial law and justify it. They want us to fight with bottle and bricks while they have guns, tanks and HumVs from the military.
The Social Security Admin only a few years ago bought half a million rounds of ammunition. Our people have no idea as a whole about the Eugenics extermination process that has begun. White officers killing black men is just the tip of the iceberg. We cannot afford to play into their hands while we walk in denial of what we did to fall into the trap.
Sandra Bland did not know her rights, that’s evident. And I have done countless free session to teach our people their rights but they would rather watch the game or Trikki Minage or Kim Kartrashian. Our people have been dumbed down and I know exactly how it is being done. Its programming in the music, in the video games like Grand Theft Auto, its in the images we see and the people our youth emulate. It’s in the street weed laced with hundreds of ingredients in addition to marijuana.
Too many people read this article written by Levar and agreed. They lost focus on the real issues and that is what the powers that be expected. TYoo many people wanted to just be angry but not think through what is really happening, the bigger picture or that this happening repeatedly is all a set up.
The hardest thing I do in my field of expertise is work with deprogramming our people from slavery mindsets, mindsets that keep division alive and keep us walking in denial of personal responsibility. Our people, as a whole, have walked in the darkness of denial for so long that they fight their own kind to stay in that darkness brought in by the oppressors. I can show you a ton of research done by BLACK WOMEN about the black woman’s mouth but our race still won’t face facts and try to fix them. I can show you hundreds of my cases and dozens of case studies and books, many done by BLACK WOMEN, but a lot of our people will ignore them. I can show you dozens of BLACK FEMALE police officers who know the law and who will attest to the fact that Sandra Bland broke the law and that her mouth and attitude made things go south.
The fact is that I believe I battling, standing against injustice and winning, but not by undertaking battles that obviously won’t be won like with a State Trooper in his state and on the side of the road. We have so many other options and that is what I am trying to tell all of you. Options that handle the problem but still minimize risks to ourselves.
If our people do not learn how to battle strategically, we will lose and lose big – like it or not. I am not the problem and I bow to NO white person. But I have wisdom in how to fight. The problem in the black community is DENIAL.
Peace will never come from war, only oppression and dominance will. Peace comes from planting the seed of peace in and insane and racist world. Martin Luther King overstood that and the boomerang affect. The Caucasian race as a whole does not have a clue but by now, I had hoped our African American brothers and sisters would. Reactions based on anger will only make us lose while strategic moves based on wisdom and intellect will help us win. To be such a great people, we have forgotten that and who we are.
To Derrick,
You are so wrong and you sound so ignorant that you should not even be making comments online. If they want us divided and attacking each other, LOOK IN THE MIRROR AT WHAT YOU ARE DOING. Wake up!
Nothing worst than a misdirected undercover black man in conjunction with white oppression. Some coon that reflects his masters view of how his nigger should behave and worship his white pathology. Always a coon willing to simulate the master’s strategy. Most of the time it is a foolish black man. This black man is free, and so are most black women. Freedom is a luxury your type would not understand. You first must get a spine and separate your self worth from self loathing.
Bobbi,
To you, truth and facts are only the ones you have experienced. But reality does not work that way.
Bobbi,
I am not the only one who thinks that way regarding the black woman’s mouth. I have counseled hundreds of black women and many women admit that. You don’t know what you are talking about. Plus women have even written books on the black woman’s mouth. I do not know what planet you are from but most of us know the truth, even those who won’t admit it.
WAKE UP!
I figured you would be too much of a coward to watch other well know people speak the truth about the black woman’s mouth because you want to make it seem like it’s just me. COWARD
Amazing. You have written a diatribe about “The Black Woman’s Mouth”
and yet, it is you who have been insulting,have engaged in name calling and irate, dismissive rhetoric in your every reply to me.
Enough said.
Ps. Surely, you do not expect me to click on any link you have posted.
No thank you.
WATCH THIS
And see if you who walk in denial will call him a coon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGE2T_jOUkQ
To Rasil and Bobbi,
Grow up and stop being in denial. Watch what happens when you handle yourself at a traffic stop like Sandra did. Guinea pigs.
ARGUE WITH THIS:
According to the laws of Texas, when Sandra Bland failed to use her signal, she broke the law Texas Transportation Code Title 7, subChapter C, Chapter 545.104: TRANSPORTATION CODE TITLE 7.
VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD
CHAPTER 545. OPERATION AND MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES
SIGNALING TURNS; USE OF TURN SIGNALS.
(a) An operator shall use the signal authorized by Section 545.106 to indicate an intention to turn, change lanes, or start from a parked position.
(b) An operator intending to turn a vehicle right or left shall signal continuously for not less than the last 100 feet of movement of the vehicle before the turn.
(c) An operator may not light the signals on only one side of the vehicle on a parked or disabled vehicle or use the signals as a courtesy or “do pass” signal to the operator of another vehicle approaching from the rear.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/TN/htm/TN.545.htm
An officer who pulls you over has the option to do nothing, give you a warning, give you a ticket or arrest you. Yes for something as minor as failure to use your signal. And being that this happens quite often in Texas, it is not likely an issue of racism.
AND THEN INSULT AND ARGUE WITH THIS:
When Sandra started using profane and obscene language, according to Texas law, she broke the law again and could be arrested for disorderly conduct under the Texas Penal Code. Or she could be charged with Simple Assault under Texas penal code. That is the law in Texas, like it or not.
TEXAS PENAL CODE
TITLE 9. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY
CHAPTER 42. DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES
Sec. 42.01. DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly:
(1) uses abusive, indecent, profane, or vulgar language in a public place, and the language by its very utterance tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace;
AND THEN FINALLY ARGUE WITH THIS
In Texas you cannot resist arrest, search or transportation if the officer has probable cause. She had broken the Texas state law by making an improper lane change so the Trooper used that as grounds to remove her from the car. See the Texas law below and read carefully. Like it or not.
TEX PE. CODE ANN. § 38.03 : Texas Statutes – Section 38.03: RESISTING ARREST,SEARCH, OR TRANSPORTATION
a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally prevents or obstructs a person he knows is a peace officer or a person acting in a peace officer’s presence and at his direction from effecting an arrest, search, or transportation of the actor or another by using force against the peace officer or another.
(b) It is no defense to prosecution under this section that the arrest or search was unlawful.(c) Except as provided in Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.(d) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if the actor uses a deadly weapon to resist the arrest or search. –
See more at: http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/txstatutes/PE/8/38/38.03#sthash.tIUDyv1d.dpuf
BTW…he is literally programed even in the light of truth 🙁
Never will I ever read this writer’s articles again. It is CLEAR that he is a cop lover, a hater of the Black woman, Black people and himself. I believe he suffers gravely from the Stockholme Syndrome. In fact I am absolutely certain. Wonder what it feels like to be a Modern Day Coon, an Uncle Tom,Handkerchief Head, a Buffoon, the House Negro, a Sell Out, Steppin’ Fletcher, or even Sambo? Reality is that some of us have never left the plantation and continue to operate in the slave mentality. This is really egregious and unwelcomed. So sad. I see that I was not the only one who was disturbed by his derogatory and inflammatory remarks regarding the Black woman. I so love my people even the flawed and misguided ones:) Thank God I am liberated…no chains on my brains.
My assertions against you and your article are cogent yet, you continue to bring up Texas law even though I have stated for the 5th time my issue is not with Texas law or ANY law.
I have come to the conclusion that you continue to interject Texas law merely as a distraction. Either, you cannot face my assertions in regards to the disrespectful title and poor premise of this article, in reference to Black women or you lack understanding and your comprehension is sorely lacking.
None of these conclusions are good. Perhaps you were not qualified to write this article or conduct a forum in which you communicate with your readers. Perhaps, you should stick to subjects surrounding your impressive community work.
Your style is abrasive and dismissive. Why would I entertain a black mans initiative about anything regarding a Black woman who starts out addressing me as “The mouth”
You have a lot to learn.
FROM THE AUTHOR:
13. The Trooper followed the law. So the law would then be the problem, not me and not the Trooper. If a law is the problem, it should be attacked and changed, but adhered to until it is changed.
14. The title of my article was selected on purpose and my hard nose approach was as well. Many people do not understand that was necessary to get the attention of the people who needed to be informed. So when people criticize my approach, they do so after they have read the article – HELLO! Objective met! I used strategy, even towards those who disagree with me. I wanted them to debate and share what was on their hearts so we could deal with it out in the open. Objective met again. And they doubt my ability as a counselor, mediator and life coach to get people to open up and share? Ha! Objective met!
15. The Trooper had a few options and he probably did not choose the best one. I am certain he knows that now. He could have simply upgraded the warning to a full blow ticket and let her go on her way. Yet you and I both know it is foolish to act the fool with the police because right or wrong, you will lose that encounter.
16. Sandra Bland was suicidal. She suffered from PTSD and depression, according to her own admission. She had a recent miscarriage (according to her sister on live TV) and that would mess up most people’s heads. She was full of weed – a lot if it. In fact it was 3 times the amount of the recreational limit in states which allow it. She was taking Kepra, a drug that the FDA says increases thoughts of suicide. According to the jail intake suicide assessment, which concurs with the other statements above, Sandra Bland had tried to commit suicide using pills over the last year. All of these things combined clearly show why she was so irate. who loses their mind because you are asked to put out a cigarette? Come on! And finally, if you look at Sandra Bland’s videos from Ask Sandy, you will see she was militant to a point of confrontation. In one video she avoids her own personal responsibility and blames mall security for asking her to leave. But she even admits she had been sitting in the mall food court with a sign for 3 hours. That is loitering but instead of owning up to that, she says in the video that she will stay in the mall and walk around showing her sign anyway. That’s not wisdom.
17. Sandra Bland was a fighter but she did not have the wisdom in ways that get results without placing yourself at risk. My position, again, is that we should fight injustice. But there is a time and a place to do that. She did not understand that.
FROM MARQUE ANTHONY
To All Those Who Liked This Article:
Let Me Clarify My Position
1. Understand my position because those others who walk in denial cannot. I am not saying we should not battle, but we have to choose battles wisely and especially those we are likely to win. We start by actually knowing our rights and our options. That’s why I wrote the free Ebook on Police Brutality and what we can do about it.
2. As for Sandra Bland, it is a fact that she broke 3 Texas laws. Does that mean she should end up dead? No. Should the jail be held responsible? Yes, for a number of reasons.
3. When our people do not know how to fight, they place themselves at unnecessary risk. Therefore I am endeavoring to teach our people how to fight legally and with strategy.
4. The Texas law is what it is and people do not have the option to follow it only if they want to.
5. People should not say they know their rights if they do not. Therefore we must know our legal, constitutional and unalienable rights.
6. Sandra Bland, even if the Trooper had no right to ask her to put out her cigarette, should have put it out, signed the warning, drive off, started over in her new job and forgotten all about the trooper. This is especially true if she thought the Trooper was wrong, unstable or unlawful. All the more reason to get away from him as quick as possible. smile, sign the WARNING and leave.
7. When we encounter the police, the objective should always be to leave the encounter with little or no charges and with our safety in tact, epically nowadays when tensions are high.
8. Everybody has a right to their opinions but facts are facts, evidence is evidence and the law is the law – whether we like it or not. I do not particularly care for the laws in Texas that applied to the Sandra Bland encounter, but if I disobey them, that places me in jeopardy.
9. Our people, just like any other race or ethnic group, has problems. One of which is the mouth of many black women – not all black women. Our community knows it and walking in denial will never help us fix the problem.
10. My objective in writing the article was not to convince everybody. Many people assumed it was. Nope. My objective when I write is always to tackle tough issues head on with the strong medicine of truth which exposes denial, provide real solutions to problems that put our people at risk, state the facts and evidence objectively while looking at ALL sides, provoke critical thinking, provoke discussion, reach some people and cause our people to be informed so they can act and stand strongly for what they believe based on facts, not rumors and not emotion.
11. Wisdom and maturity will tell us how to handle encounters with the police. And knowledge will tell us what to do afterwards, if we are treated unfairly. That certainly exists today. But trying to win when we are sitting in jail is battling from an unnecessary disadvantage.
12. Those anarchists posing as activists are a problem in the black community. They are anger-mongers who always blame someone else. They do not do the research and they ignore the facts and the evidence. They walk and live in denial while they jump on the bandwagon of ignorance. In a police encounter, if we are in a car with them, they are likely to get all of us shot or arrested. They are dangerous because they react based on emotion instead of intellect.
All these things being said, my article has been very successful and thank you for reading it.
To Clueless Bobbi and Pamela, knowing the law is not coonery.
If you want to stay in the dark cave of denial of personal responsibility for your actions, go ahead and you may end up in jail just like Sandra did.
IF YOU WANT TO ARGUE, ARGUE WITH THIS:
According to the laws of Texas, when Sandra Bland failed to use her signal, she broke the law Texas Transportation Code Title 7, subChapter C, Chapter 545.104:
TRANSPORTATION CODE TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD
CHAPTER 545. OPERATION AND MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES
SIGNALING TURNS; USE OF TURN SIGNALS.
(a) An operator shall use the signal authorized by Section 545.106 to indicate an intention to turn, change lanes, or start from a parked position.
(b) An operator intending to turn a vehicle right or left shall signal continuously for not less than the last 100 feet of movement of the vehicle before the turn.
(c) An operator may not light the signals on only one side of the vehicle on a parked or disabled vehicle or use the signals as a courtesy or “do pass” signal to the operator of another vehicle approaching from the rear.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/TN/htm/TN.545.htm
An officer who pulls you over has the option to do nothing, give you a warning, give you a ticket or arrest you. Yes for something as minor as failure to use your signal. And being that this happens quite often in Texas, it is not likely an issue of racism.
AND THEN INSULT AND ARGUE WITH THIS:
When Sandra started using profane and obscene language, according to Texas law, she broke the law again and could be arrested for disorderly conduct under the Texas Penal Code. Or she could be charged with Simple Assault under Texas penal code. That is the law in Texas, like it or not.
TEXAS PENAL CODE
TITLE 9. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY
CHAPTER 42. DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES
Sec. 42.01. DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly:
(1) uses abusive, indecent, profane, or vulgar language in a public place, and the language by its very utterance tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace;
AND THEN FINALLY ARGUE WITH THIS
In Texas you cannot resist arrest, search or transportation if the officer has probable cause. She had broken the Texas state law by making an improper lane change so the Trooper used that as grounds to remove her from the car. See the Texas law below and read carefully. Like it or not.
TEX PE. CODE ANN. § 38.03 : Texas Statutes – Section 38.03: RESISTING ARREST,SEARCH, OR TRANSPORTATION
(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally prevents or obstructs a person he knows is a peace officer or a person acting in a peace officer’s presence and at his direction from effecting an arrest, search, or transportation of the actor or another by using force against the peace officer or another.
(b) It is no defense to prosecution under this section that the arrest or search was unlawful.(c) Except as provided in Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.(d) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if the actor uses a deadly weapon to resist the arrest or search.
See more at: http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/txstatutes/PE/8/38/38.03#sthash.tIUDyv1d.dpuf
To Bobbi Again,
You are doing exactly what Sandra bland did. You are running your mouth and thinking you know what you are talking about. You are avoiding the real issues – the law, the evidence and the facts.
Here is a link to the jail video. Notice the BLACK FEMALE OFFICER ATTENDING TO SANDRA BLAND. She is the same officer who transported Bland and who searched Bland’s car. Only a foolish person forms an opinion of anger and hate without even looking at the facts. Grow up
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jail-releases-more-footage-of-sandra-bland-before-her-death/ar-AAdBwHi?ocid=iehp
To Bobbi
People like you are the problem.
You do not know thee facts and you will not acknowledge the evidence.
You walk in denial and simply blame everyone else.
You react to what you hear by jumping on the bandwagon.
You misplace your anger because you appear to have issues with the truth.
You seem to lack the maturity to accept personal responsibility.
ARGUEE WITH TEXAS LAW OR GET COUNSELING
“Do you overstand or did I lose you from the word “To” at the beginning of this comment?”
You lost me long before that. You lost me from word “The” at the beginning of your title.
Your condescending manner and attempted insults do not bother me, by the way. It is something I expected from you and it only exposes your weakness and your own temperament.
Anarchy? Anarchy against what?Whom? You are determined to pit me against Law & order when I have not once stated Sandra Bland acted appropriately. I don’t excuse the police officer either but you have not once witnessed me defend Sandra’s actions.
….And don’t lump me in with anyone else, please….My issues with you are different from Pamela’s.
Why do you keep posting what you have done for the community?! Do you think those things excuse you, give you the right, make room for or cover you to disrespect black women at will? It does not.
There are books out there on a multitude of subjects. I am sure there is a faction of vile, loud talking black women. I have come across some- just as I have come across some vile, loud talking women of other races.
That said- it is not your content. It is your labeling, wanton disrespect and disregard for black women as if they are inanimate or a thing. “The black woman’s mouth.” Total disrespect! How many negative articles, disrespectful or otherwise have you ever run across written by men of any other race about their women. NONE!!!!!
Not only have you done that- you relegated every black woman to the Sandra Bland category.
The fact that you don’t see it speaks to a larger issue. You have never seen the need to discuss or regard black women respectfully.
Who are you? uDon’t you dare get on your soap box about black women. You don’t have the right to label me. You are not an authority on nor do you have the right to label any woman other than your own and the women in your experience.
Just as you shake your finger at black women in your article to say “remember you chose that man”- well remember you chose every woman with whom you had a negative experience. Take your own advice and look at yourself and your own issues.
For the last time- My problem at this moment is not with Texas Law, the police or Sandra Bland.
It is with you- a disrespectful brother who thinks he has the right to talk down to and label all Black women and have it all premised around a black woman who ended up dead while in the hands of our criminal system.
Get off of your soapbox and deal with yourself.
To Bobbi Once Again
I do not answer to anarchists like you but for the sincere readers who like this article and have the wisdom to handle yourself in a police encounter, I will share this.
I have done over 50 youth forums in the black community and I was never paid for even one. I have done dozens of crime prevention seminars and classes on knowing your rights in the black community and never received a dime for any of them. I was not paid for helping to organize the Forsyth County March or Trayvon Martin rally in Georgia. I have spent 6 Saturdays over the past several years looking through woods trying to find missing black children and I was not paid a dime then either. I have written an Ebook on Police Brutality and dozens of articles on helping the black community – all for NO PAY WHATSOEVER. And the list does not stop there.
So for small minded people like Bobbi, Levar etc who offer no real solutions, refute no evidence, facts or laws I have cited or walk in denial of personal responsibility – they represent the real problems in our community.
I have
To Bobbi Again,
Most black people with a brain know that many black women have a problem with their mouth. I don’t know what planet you live on. Oh yes I do, its the planet called DENIAL!
Black women have written books about the black woman’s mouth. Can you read? I suggest you get a copy of the book Joyce Meyers wrote entitled ME AND MY BIG MOUTH or check out the book entitled The Black Man’s Guide To Understanding The Black Woman. It was written by a black woman.
Or maybe you want to talk to the BLACK woman police officer who searched Sandra Bland’s car and transported her to the jail. She can shed some light on things for you.
There is a ton of research on the black woman’s mouth and you cannot discredit that research simply based on your experiences. Do you overstand or did I lose you from the word “To” at the beginning of this comment?
To Poor Lost Bobbi,
Have you seen my past job descriptions? No. Much of what I did was NOT FOR ANY PAY AT ALL. So you are wrong again. That’s what you get for assuming. But the bigger question is WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
To Clueless Bobbi and Pamela, knowing the law is not coonery.
If you want to stay in the dark cave of denial of personal responsibility for your actions, go ahead and you may end up in jail just like Sandra did.
IF YOU WANT TO ARGUE, ARGUE WITH THIS:
According to the laws of Texas, when Sandra Bland failed to use her signal, she broke the law Texas Transportation Code Title 7, subChapter C, Chapter 545.104:
TRANSPORTATION CODE TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD
CHAPTER 545. OPERATION AND MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES
SIGNALING TURNS; USE OF TURN SIGNALS.
(a) An operator shall use the signal authorized by Section 545.106 to indicate an intention to turn, change lanes, or start from a parked position.
(b) An operator intending to turn a vehicle right or left shall signal continuously for not less than the last 100 feet of movement of the vehicle before the turn.
(c) An operator may not light the signals on only one side of the vehicle on a parked or disabled vehicle or use the signals as a courtesy or “do pass” signal to the operator of another vehicle approaching from the rear.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/TN/htm/TN.545.htm
An officer who pulls you over has the option to do nothing, give you a warning, give you a ticket or arrest you. Yes for something as minor as failure to use your signal. And being that this happens quite often in Texas, it is not likely an issue of racism.
AND THEN INSULT AND ARGUE WITH THIS:
When Sandra started using profane and obscene language, according to Texas law, she broke the law again and could be arrested for disorderly conduct under the Texas Penal Code. Or she could be charged with Simple Assault under Texas penal code. That is the law in Texas, like it or not.
TEXAS PENAL CODE
TITLE 9. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY
CHAPTER 42. DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES
Sec. 42.01. DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly:
(1) uses abusive, indecent, profane, or vulgar language in a public place, and the language by its very utterance tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace;
AND THEN FINALLY ARGUE WITH THIS
In Texas you cannot resist arrest, search or transportation if the officer has probable cause. She had broken the Texas state law by making an improper lane change so the Trooper used that as grounds to remove her from the car. See the Texas law below and read carefully. Like it or not.
TEX PE. CODE ANN. § 38.03 : Texas Statutes – Section 38.03: RESISTING ARREST,SEARCH, OR TRANSPORTATION
(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally prevents or obstructs a person he knows is a peace officer or a person acting in a peace officer’s presence and at his direction from effecting an arrest, search, or transportation of the actor or another by using force against the peace officer or another.
(b) It is no defense to prosecution under this section that the arrest or search was unlawful.(c) Except as provided in Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.(d) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if the actor uses a deadly weapon to resist the arrest or search.
See more at: http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/txstatutes/PE/8/38/38.03#sthash.tIUDyv1d.dpuf
Sure, all of those things you have done are great- but- You are in no position to put yourself on a pedestal for work that you are paid to do.
Everything I have done from mentor at risk females and serve in different battered women programs and drives have been on my own dime and sacrifices that were made to my business.
What you cannot come to grips with is that again, my comments were not about your work, the law, detectives or men in blue. You continue to be confused and stuck on your talking points.
Your disregard for even the title sets a negative tone for this entire article. It shows the lack respect you have for Black women. What other race of women would you dare write an article as offensive as this?
Why would I give my time to read anything from a black man who has such little respect for me?
Black women with a vile mouth is YOUR experience and maybe some others but not mine.
I don’t want to hear about Texas laws or your 7 Black female officers out of thousands in this country.
I have talked to many more civilians than that today since reading your article – black and white and they all agree with me as well as many have their own opinions of female police officers so what does your little number 7 prove? Nothing.
Sandra Bland should have taken a step back. Yes.. Was the officer wrong- Yes. From the minute he rode her bumper for no reason.
You! chose to make her case about being a loud mouthed black women – even though many men & women, black and white have stood in Sandra Bland’s shoes.
The title and premise concerning a Black woman’s mouth is disrespectful and worded disrespectfully, as well as it demonized all black women and it had no place here. Bottom. Line.
Don’t assume all blacks or Black women are like those that are in your circle.
…..And be careful not to “end up in jail” like Sandra Bland?
Why? I never so much as spit gum on a sidewalk so why should I be careful? To add, I never challenged your Texas laws or any law.
You are simply choosing to be condescending because I dared to challenge your disrespect.
Unfortunately, I am not surprised.
The biggest problem in the Black Community are Coons like you who no matter what you do you still see yourself through the eyes of the oppressors.
For All The Clueless People In Denial Of The Law
and those few who would rather blame the white man or the police instead of accepting personal responsibility for your actions. And to those who think I am one-sided, read this but know that Sandra Bland broke 3 laws in Texas on that day.
What mistakes or poor decisions did the State Trooper make?
1. He could have just changed thee warning to a ticket, given it to her and went on his way.
2. He could have waited for another officer to arrive (maybe a female officer) then requested she assist him in removing Sandra Bland.
But by law in Texas, he did not have to do either of these things.
Every white cop is not racist and sometimes what we do as citizens determines the outcome or makes it harder on ourselves unnecessarily.
To Bobbi,
As much as I have done for the black community, you think you can judge me based on this article which objectively presents the facts, the law and the evidence? You said you would not read others so you assume what you want to think, not what the facts actually are.
Wake up. Grow up. And wise up before you end up in jail like Sandra Bland did. Lets stick to the facts and evidence. Personal attacks by you are just a diversion because you cannot refute any of the points I have made.
To Bobbi Again,
Our community knows too many of our black women need to control their mouth. I have spoken with 7 black female police officers about the Sandra Bland case and they agree. You are in too much denial to see straight and what weakens our community is when we are not fair and balanced in seeing the real problems so we can fix them. YOU ARE THE WEAK ONE with that weak argument and no facts that refute anything that I have said. If you want to argue, argue with Texas law.
To Bobby,
Read the law. And you think I am clueless? Wow. Then tell you what, try what Sandra Bland tried and see what happens to you. I don’t perpetuate stereotypes, I expose hard facts that our communities need to deal with. But instead you would rather excuses when a person breaks the law 3 separate times, excuse personal responsibility and just blame the white man.
Your argument is for ignorant people who neither know their rights nor the law. I suggest you spend more time learning the laws of your state than criticizing me as I present the facts. If you don’t you may end up in jail just like she did.
I am a family and relationship counselor, mediator and life coach who has helped thousand of black people. What do you do? Where are your real solutions? How many people have you helped? How many mediations have you helped to resolve in black families instead of the judge deciding?
You are on no level close enough to criticize me. What have you done? How many searches for missing black children have you participated in? How many police officers have you reported? How many hours have you spent patrolling a community? How many cases have you helped where the person was NOT arrested? How many classes on crime prevention and knowing your rights have you taught in the black community?
I have done all that and more. Apparently you have not read my many other articles on this site like:
Lifting Our People Up
How To Handle A Police Officer
The Free Ebook on Police Brutality
You are in no position to criticize me, NONE.
Perhaps you are the clueless one, with low comprehension to boot. This is not a critique of Texas law or the men in blue. Though there is plenty to discuss about the improprieties of the officer in question- This is a critique of YOU and this BS article which perpetuates negative stereotypes and disrespectfully cast an entire race of women into the same negative pool.
Again, how does this incident apply to Black women other than the fact that this woman who happened to be Black, in your words met the wrong person at the wrong time who was not about to deal with her resisting arrest and her foul mouth? Though your reasoning for excusing the officer is not lost on me -again, how did this turn into an indictment against Black women?
You do black WOMEN nor the black community any service on this. All you have done is used a black woman’s unfortunate arrest and death to inflame an already sore spot by presenting a highly insulting, yet again divisive article by a brother that called to focus, a negative stereotype of black women which you admit does not apply to all.
Then why go there?
No, I don’t know you nor have I read other articles written by you, and quite frankly, I don’t plan to after reading this one.
Likewise, you do not know me therefore, do not purport to know what I am or should be disgusted by.
Why do you put yourself on a pedestal while assuming your readers need to be schooled on the plight of their own community and insinuate they do not match or surpass your level of “concern” as to what happens in it?
Your premise for this article is totally unnecessary. At your dissertation on what should disgust me; There is plenty that I am disgusted by in this world and within our community. I do my small part to help and am planning to do more- along with my husband upon retirement.
Today, I am disgusted by YOU.