Case Study Sandra Bland

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Police are expected and even encouraged to use force when detaining or arresting criminals. Their job is to protect the community and keep everyone around them safe. There comes a time though, that the force they are using becomes far too much for what is needed to control the situation. In the recent case of Sandra Bland, an officer pulled Bland over for a minor traffic stop that eventually led to her incarceration. As the officer was pulling her out of her car she shouted that she had epilepsy and that he was about to break her wrist. Even with this warning, he continued to use force against her and was seen putting a knee into her back. Even with the use of body cameras and dash cams, some of the action could not be seen on the footage and

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