Category Archives: #BlackLivesMatter

Subpoena the Email, Text & Social Media Messages of Hempstead Jail Staff

There is one thing that Waller County DA Elton Mathis can do to break the Blue Wall of Silence I discussed in a post yesterday, and reach a firm conclusion about the cause of Sandra Bland’s death in the Hempstead jail: subpoena … Continue reading

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#SandraBland, #DWB, #VRA, For Profit Policing, Warrior Cops, the Blue Wall of Silence and All That

The unfolding #SandraBland case pulls together so many of the racial and law enforcement problems in contemporary America that it makes one’s head spin.  In this long post I pull together the many elements that her unreasonable incarceration and tragic … Continue reading

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