SANDRA BLAND

Formerly, it was said that a prosecutor could make a grand jury indict a ham sandwich. Of course, charges were filed in Baltimore against six policemen before the case was presented to a grand jury, which later indicted. But, as Michael Brown and Eric Garner plainly reveal, when it comes to police misconduct, the grand jury is dysfunctional, usually, Baltimore being exceptional. In light of the alleged "suicide" in Prairie View, Texas, of the young woman, Sandra Bland, from Chicago, who allegedly made an illegal lane change while in route to a new job at Prairie View A & M, her alma mater, grand juries are back! She was pulled over by local police who were about to ticket her, when she "kicked" him, he says. Audio on a video shows that she states her head was slammed to the ground in a takedown by the police. Later she allegedly commits suicide in jail. The Waller, Texas, prosecutor has announced that he will hand the case over to a grand jury, so that the people may decide what, if any, charges are to be filed. Here we go again?