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As a retired research pathologist and physician I believe that I have a professional view of the situation with Sandra Bland.
I have carefully now considered the description of the autopsy report and it's contents.
The autopsy does not prove she hung herself. There are too many questions still to be answered.
When she got out of the car and was verbally vigorously and firmly objecting to the officer’s requests, the officer then slammed her to the ground causing her to smash her head down, simply because he appeared to be angry at her questioning of him.
Then she complained she couldn't hear, which indicates she suffered a concussion.
She told the officers she had epilepsy and was on a medication, Kepra.
There was also plant matter in her abrasions on her back, consistent with the day she was arrested, having been thrown to the ground and dragged. It is negligence for the jail not to have cleaned and treated her abrasions or allowed her to shower properly for three days to clean the wounds.
If the blood tests show she did not have her medication, then that also would be negligence, as lack of medication needed for epilepsy could have precipitated a seizure.
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In addition, she had an unusually high amount of marijuana in her blood. Therefore, she was given a large amount of marijuana in the jail which she either ingested or smoked. That needs investigation. I am not an expert on effects of marijuana so I cannot comment on whether this can increase suicidal ideation or depression or if it can trigger seizures. These possibilities however, should be considered
A senior well-known forensic pathologist, Dr. Cyril Wecht , who is also an attorney agrees with the above assessment during an interview on the radio here.
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: AdmireTheDistance
I've watched the video several times. The knot is clearly there.
originally posted by: kellyjay
a reply to: windword
That doesnt look like a knot or bump it looks like a shadow to me. and just supposing it was, it doesnt prove she was killed, we have all seen the video released and nobody was near her cell.
She wasn't killed, she hung herself, her blogs she posted online she even says that she was suffering from ptsd, and depression, and she had previously tried to commit suicide over a miscarraige.
There is ZERO evidence that she was killed..and why people keep trying to maintain she was is getting monotonous now.
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: kellyjay
Read the OP. I didn't say she was murdered.
a reply to: AdmireTheDistance
I can clearly see the knot in one of your pictures. The rest look "smudged". Evidence of more tampering?
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: AdmireTheDistance
Smudged!
Not smudged, but weird artifacts. You can clearly see the knot here.
Smudged
Smudged
Smudged
what about the 2nd pic?
there is seriously something wrong with her shoulder area.
could be a knot.
According to our expert interview with [forensic pathologist] Dr. Cyril H. Wecht, it is additionally strongly possible that Bland died from a combination of traumatic brain injury from her arrest, coupled with stress and the denial by jailers of her epilepsy medication.
They do confirm that Bland did inform her jailers that she had epilepsy and was on Keppra. Video evidence also captures Bland informing Encinia that she had epilepsy, which prompted Encinia to say, “good.”
That malicious indifference to her medical necessities evidently continued with her jailers, who do not appear to have made any effort to ensure she would not miss a dose, despite being informed she was on the medication.
And as you can read here from other people’s experiences, sudden withdrawal from Keppra can not only lead to epileptic seizures, but to depression, alienation, anxiety and cloudy vision, which is why a gradual withdrawal is recommended, lowering the dose over a period of weeks.
The long duration of described events would give ample time for jailers to string up the 28-year-old Prairie View A&M University alum after death with a ligature noose.
If the dose of Keppra found in Sandra Bland’s blood is found to be significantly below therapeutic levels, there’s an elevated probability that her death was caused by SUDEP; not hanging as is currently purported.