The autopsy performed on Sandra Bland, who was found hanged in her cell after a contentious traffic stop, supports the medical examiner’s ruling of suicide, Reuters reported today, as well as revealed “high levels of marijuana in Bland’s system.”
Waller County Sheriff Glenn Smith, whose office operates the jail where Bland died, searched her cell for evidence of marijuana and found nothing, [Waller County Assistant District Attorney Warren] Diepraam said.
However, he added that the high level of the drug in Bland’s system could have influenced her mood while in jail.
“It is a mood amplifier, so it is relevant in our opinion to determine whether or not marijuana may have played a role in her death as well, exacerbating existing conditions,” he said.
We’re not suggesting that marijuana had anything to do with Bland’s death. It’s just that we’re certainly not suggesting this:
Can we stop using "marijuana in the system" as an excuse for state violence? EVERYBODY has marijuana in their system.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) July 23, 2015
Yes, that’s Morehouse college professor Marc Lamont Hill setting himself to backpedal in just a few minutes.
https://twitter.com/CasualCalv/status/624307841680084996
@marclamonthill I don't have marijuana in mine. #Notallblackpeople.
— Atheist Black Chic (@AtheistBlkChic) July 23, 2015
@marclamonthill no man. They don't.
— Mad William Flint (@madwilliamflint) July 23, 2015
@marclamonthill I do? The closest I ever came to pot was a contact high at a Stones concert in Frankfurt in 76
— Don Surber (@donsurber) July 23, 2015
@marclamonthill i dont
— Facki (@fackinpeter) July 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/Plate0fShrimp/status/624346122987929600
@marclamonthill yeah, might want to tap the brakes on that "everybody" nonsense
— Captain Caveman ? (@BenHardee) July 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/RobShilling/status/624344452694282240
@marclamonthill That's really not a smart statement Marc. Everybody has marijuana in their system? Really? What has happened to you?
— Patrick Kiser (@PatrickKiser1) July 23, 2015
@marclamonthill not me bro
— The ZooKeeper (@JDun_it_again) July 23, 2015
@marclamonthill not me. The job I had required drug test to be hired and random testing to follow. And I am glad we were tested!
— Philip Nordin (@NordinPhil) July 23, 2015
@marclamonthill not this body
— valeska danielak (@VADrunning) July 23, 2015
@marclamonthill I don't. Speak for yourself!
— Greg (@who__dat) July 23, 2015
@marclamonthill No they don't.
— Jimmy Rustler (@MuhRussians) July 23, 2015
@marclamonthill marc's point is the fact she may have had weed in her system is irrelevant You still get due process if you smoke weed.
— D (@Derric_) July 23, 2015
We understand that, but a Ph.D. isn’t the kind of doctor qualified to diagnose universal marijuana use.
Trayvon, Mike Brown, Sandra Bland, etc… All of them have had marijuana used against them as a pretext for violence and injustice. Absurd.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) July 23, 2015
And relax, I don't literally mean that everybody has weed in their system. My point is that lots of ppl smoke weed and don't die in custody.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) July 23, 2015
And even now, in the age of President Choom Gang, lots of people don’t smoke weed. Dare we say they’re even proud of the fact?
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