Argumentative Essay On Sandra Bland

When engaging in the controversy surrounded around Sandra Bland’s arrest and followed death, one quote comes to mind, “ Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation”(Oscar Wilde). While numerous speculations have been created; for the most part America has divided into two perspectives. Those who believe this case is a suicide with a dash of coincidental, and those who believe this case is a homicide with racial intentions. Many ruling Bland’s case a homicide with racial intentions are treating the case like an axiom; however, this is a unique case that requires more than a glance over social media. Others look at this case blind due to racial beliefs and stereotypes. After conducting a personal investigation, I found error on both sides of the case.

Police officers have one job, to protect and serve.

The job title implies something simple; stop the bad guys. However, when given this much ‘power’ over citizens it becomes almost humanly impossible for officers themselves to follow the law they must enforce. Everyone in this world, even officers have rough days and biased opinions. The officer who arrested Bland had absolutely no reason for the arrest, his disrespectful comments, and mistreatment of Bland. On the other hand, can this be justified as a bad day? We all have bad days, we invite them by surpassing our breaking point. Was Bland’s minor attitude and refuse of a ‘lawful’ order the breaking point for this officer? Everything the officer did to Bland is consider legal, just not good policing. Which is okay,

right?
An African American genocide has been taking place since the beginning of time, slowly but surely. Everyday there seems to be a new case about white on black crime. As a society we can no longer sit back and watch this happen, if we do the genocide will be successful and African Americans will become a faint memory. Sandra Bland unfortunately happen to be a victim of another obvious officer against citizen crime. The only question is how to solve a problem like this when many amazing case have been built up against a ton of officers but still slept under the rug.
One thing is clear to me, the police department of Prairie View Texas should be fined with the murder of Sandra Bland. Whether or not Sandra killed herself or was killed will never be known. However, putting any object that can be used to commit suicide in a jail cell is beyond inappropriate. The officer who arrested Bland also said very ignorant and disrespectful things to Bland. Bland said disrespectful things to him. I personally can’t stop thinking about why she didn’t comply, and would she still be alive today if she simply followed his orders and answer his question with a “fine officer thanks for asking”. This is not be verifying his actions as good, but why risk your record with a out control officer. Finally I can’t stop thinking about all the times my mother told be to never talk back to officers, what would have happened if Bland did the same.
Although the case isn’t nearly over, I think it’s clear to see that the one clear place sit the blame is on the Prairie view police department. As stated previously many cases can be made for Sandra and the officer, nevertheless we only have one third of the story. One thing I think everyone is forgetting to do is simply realize an amazing soul was lost over a traffic violation. This case is very complex heartbreaking.