I don’t know
what happened. Dope means they toyed with her and that is why she broke.
I hate the
word surreal. We all have some commitment to Bayesian analysis. Recognize that
it is a probability and all probabilities include frustration as an outcome.
Calvinism, the widely held belief enshrining Bayesian outcomes that things are
as they are, frequently fails. This may be explained as fractal dynamic or failures
of framing, but may simply be the consequence of chance. Confusing improbable
with surreal simply means that your smug world view has been challenged by
experience. Likely is not always so.
Explication
still requires likely. We are indisposed to accept the miraculous, even when it
is so. In the case of Sandra Bland the difficult anomaly is that she died
stoned. If you believe that she somehow smuggled the dope in herself, I suggest
you attempt it. If all the various formality and process of incarceration
guarantee anything, they ensure that you will not have marijuana in prison. The
explanation requires that Ms. Bland, in anticipation of her incarceration,
secreted marijuana on her presence in some way unnoticed by her guards who deal
with exactly that scenario every single day of their careers. If Waller County
cannot explain the marijuana, they have no legitimacy.
Some believe
that Sandra Bland was murdered. This is an excellent example of the difficulty
of framing. It is likely that you have been inside. If you have, then you are
well aware that prison is a very serious time out. We like to think we have
internal resources. But as you read this you can select an entertainment
source, order a pizza, or step out for some air. You can’t do those things in
jail. Most of us are not good company and would resent being the sole source of
someone’s divertissement, even or especially our own. It is likely that Sandra
Bland obtained the marijuana from the guards. It is unreasonable that they
would give her dope and then murder her. I hope that Sandra Bland was murdered.
I think it was far worse.
Sandra Bland
is depicted as fragile. I see her as self-reliant and adaptable. I doubt most
of us would have lasted as long. Why would the guards give her dope? What could
she do for them? As you have come this far, I will be explicit. Harassment of
prisoners, particularly women prisoners is common. One may say likely.
