Post by pavel on Jan 8, 2016 10:29:05 GMT -6
The mother of a black woman found dead in a Waller County Jail cell after a traffic stop in July expressed outrage Thursday that the white state trooper who pulled her over was charged with nothing more than perjury. And even on that misdemeanor, Sandra Bland’s anguished mother said she had little confidence in the prospect of a conviction.
Geneva Reed-Veal told reporters in Chicago that the Department of Public Safety trooper should have been charged with assault, battery and false arrest.
“To charge this guy with a misdemeanor, are you kidding me?” she said of the perjury charge, which carries a maximum of one year in jail and a $4,000 fine. “I’m angry, absolutely. … That’s not justice for me.”
Bland, 28, was stopped in July in Prairie View for an improper lane change. The stop quickly escalated into a shouting match and a physical confrontation in which the trooper threatened to use a stun gun. Bland was arrested on suspicion of assaulting the trooper. Authorities say Bland hanged herself in her jail cell three days later.
Read more: www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/sandra-blands-mother-trooper-perjury-charge-not-ju/npzPR/
Geneva Reed-Veal told reporters in Chicago that the Department of Public Safety trooper should have been charged with assault, battery and false arrest.
“To charge this guy with a misdemeanor, are you kidding me?” she said of the perjury charge, which carries a maximum of one year in jail and a $4,000 fine. “I’m angry, absolutely. … That’s not justice for me.”
Bland, 28, was stopped in July in Prairie View for an improper lane change. The stop quickly escalated into a shouting match and a physical confrontation in which the trooper threatened to use a stun gun. Bland was arrested on suspicion of assaulting the trooper. Authorities say Bland hanged herself in her jail cell three days later.
Read more: www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/sandra-blands-mother-trooper-perjury-charge-not-ju/npzPR/