#SandraBland inspires #IfIDieInPoliceCustody -- a somber collection of last words
On Monday, a woman named Sandra Bland was found dead in a Texas jail cell, and officials declared that she had committed suicide by hanging. But her family didn’t believe what the police were saying, and neither did social media. By Wednesday, #SandraBland was a trending topic on Twitter.
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