Interesting take-down of many of the conspiracy theories in this case, including the craziest, that Sandra Bland was already dead in her mugshot photo. If you read further into the article, you can see most of the tweets promoting the crazy are Black Lives Matter folks whose names you might recognize, such as DeRay McKesson and Bree Newsome. It’s what they do.
Via Buzzfeed:
Waller County Sheriff officials said they believe Bland died in her cell the morning of July 13, from asphyxiation with a trash bag, three days after she was pulled over for not using her turn signal and then arrested for allegedly assaulting an officer.
The Harris County medical examiner ruled her death a suicide. But Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis said the 28-year-old’s death would be treated “just as it would be a murder investigation.”
“There are many questions that are being raised here in Waller County,” Mathis said. “It needs to be a thorough and exhaustive review.”

