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