The foundational promises of justice and freedom come at a sacrificial cost to black Americans as we demand to be seen and heard regardless of our gender, age, educational attainment and socioeconomic status. When we’re thrust into unsolicited encounters with law enforcement, it leaves us bruised, humiliated and with a loss of dignity not otherwise experienced by a majority of Americans who benefit from the liberties promised by “our” America. - Sharon Cooper
Sources for this episode:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/us/sandra-bland-video-brian-encinia.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/us/sandra-bland-brian-encinia.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/07/sandra-bland-video-footage-arrest-death-police-custody-latest-news
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/06/24/fact-check-sandra-bland-alive-in-mugshot-photo/7726825002/
https://abc13.com/sandra-bland-arrest-death-jailhouse/2211158/
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sandra-bland-dies-in-jail
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/us/sandra-bland-video-brian-encinia.html
RAW Video of Sandra Bland’s Cell Phone Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hevRqm40RvM
https://www.texastribune.org/2017/09/16/trooper-fired-sandra-bland-stop-my-safety-was-jeopardy/
https://abcnews.go.com/theview/video/sandra-blands-sisters-speak-search-answers-59448610
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mX8-6NDgDA
https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/5/15/18625215/sandra-bland-traffic-stop-police-violence-sharon-cooper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV4vBq0Jl_8
Some links about the topics we covered today:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/police-brutality/
nytimes.com/topic/subject/police-brutality-misconduct-and-shootings
justice.gov/crt/addressing-police-misconduct-laws-enforced-department-justice
13th Documentary on Netflix
https://www.raceforward.org/videos/systemic-racism
https://blackandmissinginc.com/
https://www.elle.com.au/news/black-lives-matter-ally-23575
https://www.elle.com.au/news/performative-allyship-23586
https://www.ted.com/talks/dr_phillip_atiba_goff_rashad_robinson_dr_bernice_king_anthony_d_romero_the_path_to_ending_systemic_racism_in_the_us/
https://www.ted.com/talks/alicia_garza_patrisse_cullors_and_opal_tometi_an_interview_with_the_founders_of_black_lives_matter/
https://naacp.org/take-action
