Sandra Bland question (sensitive topic, not to offend) (case, alive, justice)

[BobCaldwell]

Let me preface this by saying that I NEVER participate in any sort of racial, gender, or political debate online. Not interested. I use my time on the web for education and entertainment, not to argue with a stranger who might disagree with an opinion of mine. I do not post things to trigger reactions or arguments.

With that said, I had the misfortune of seeing, on social media, a post regarding Sandra Bland's mugshot and the idea that she was deceased when the photo was taken. Apparently there are two photos, the 'actual' photo of an obviously alive Sandra Bland that was released to quell rumors and a 'suppressed' photo--featured on the social media post I saw--with the caption 'this is the picture they don't want you to see' that is downright horrific (in my opinion), in which she appears deceased (blank, expressionless face, eyes rolled up into head). This is unusual to me.

I only post this to ask if any others have heard about this. Under what circumstances would two mugshots be taken? In the 'alive' photo her jumpsuit appears orange, in the 'suppressed' photo it appears red (was she transported to another holding facility? Is the coloring of the jumpsuits just a matter of bad image reproduction?). If the 'suppressed' photo is the actual photo they tried to pass off at first and then released the later, obviously alive photo, where would they have gotten the image from? One cannot say it was photoshopped from some random ID of hers, as someone would recognize that (I assume).

I won't link the photos, mainly because of the unsettling nature of the photo in question, and again, this is not posted to start some sort of debate on the justice system. I'm just curious about the two photographs and if anyone else has heard anything about this.

Mods, feel free to delete this thread if the topic is too volatile or uncomfortable.

[joe from dayton]

There is video from the jail of her being processed in and photographed. I haven't seen the photo you are talking about. Is it a clear photo of her, or could it be someone who looks like her?

[BobCaldwell]

Extremely clear. It's her.

[VexedAndSolitary]

This thread is the first I heard of this case so I looked it up.

Suicide seems unlikely but do does homicide; additionally cameras show no one entering the cell.

A bizarre case in all aspects.

Both she and the officer sound like they behaved poorly; she being argumentative and he overreacting. Two hotheads.

He pulled her over for "failing to signal a turn"? Cmon now. He sounds like a jerk.

She however tested pos at autopsy for exceedingly high levels of THC, the highest the pathologist had ever seen in a cadaver that had been three days without exposure to the actual drug.

She was high and a belligerent fool who argued with a cop, NEVER a smart move, and he was an overly aggressive unprofessional jerk.

[ClaraC]

I saw the two photos - the one that appears to be a legit mugshot, and the one that appears to be either someone having a seizure or dead.

It's the exact same photo - her hair is wild, and is exactly the same in both photos, which wouldn't be the case if they were two separate photos.

I think someone has photoshopped her original mugshot to make a second image with her eyes rolled back. You'd think they would have changed the hair at least SOME.