‘The destruction of evidence on this family when they [rozzers] know they [family] were about to bury her. You don’t release a body if there’s more tests that you need on that body.’ ibid. lawyer
‘I don’t think there’s ever been an issue like this.’ ibid. mother
‘There are uneducated people who are hell-bent on self-extermination. I am not one of them. I am into building up my kings and queens. So for me, Black Lives Matter.’ ibid. Sandra’s activism
‘I am here to change history.’ ibid.
‘Say Her Name!’ ibid.
‘She had scrapes on her upper right side of her back.’ ibid. autopsy
‘Here is a guy who should clearly have been charge with assault. Battery … ’ ibid.
Trooper Encinia is fired. The Grand Jury begins to investigate the Walter Country Jail. ibid. caption
‘Evidence of deep bruising … someone has put their knee into her back.’ ibid. autopsy
‘We know that someone’s spirit can be broken.’ ibid. autopsy
‘Everyone was acquitted of wrong doing.’ ibid. television news
‘The jail were filled out in a way that should not have been filled out. They were turned in with false information.’ ibid. rozzer’s apologist’s admission
‘She was hung from a trash-bag. Well, the problem with that trash-bag is is that it didn’t have her finger-prints on it … In fact it didn’t have her DNA on it.’ ibid. lawyer
The family settles for $1.9 million and a prison of jail reform and police de-escalation training. ibid. caption
Police officers around the country you need to hear my voice – Tell the Fricking’ Truth. ibid. Charles Witherspoon, ex-rozzer
‘No, we didn’t go back there and tie a bag around her neck, but it is our responsibility to take care of her.’ ibid. R G Smith, sheriff
The Sandra Black Act is now law in Texas, mandating state-wide reforms to increase prison inmate safety. Police de-escalation training was removed from the Bill. ibid. caption
According to a recent independent review children’s social care is at breaking point. And with the cost of living crisis, things are only going to get worse … I’ll be meeting teenagers all over England to find out what growing up in care is really like. Joe Swash: Teens in Care, BBC 2023
People are seen as units for sale, sold to the lowest bidder. The Divide, zero-hours carer, Netflix 2015
If you had an eye, you’d go off me. Yeah, and run off with a young fellow. Play for Today: A Follower for Emily, him to her in old folks’ home, BBC 1974
Harry: Lovers’ tiff, eh?
Emily: We’re old enough to know better. ibid.
Funny being lonely with so many people around. ibid. Emily