Amy Goodman
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“Black Mama’s Bail Out Day”: Movement Grows to Free Black Women From Jail for Mother’s Day
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May 10, 2019
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11:11Now PlayingRacial justice groups around the country are bailing black women out of jail so they can spend Mother’s Day with their families. For the third year in a row, “Black Mama’s Bail Out Day” is raising money to bail out as many black women from jail as possible. The effort is taking place in dozens of cities to call attention to the injustice of cash bail.
We speak to Mary Hooks, the co-director of Southerners On New Ground, which is part of the National Bail Out Collective. She also addresses the new cellphone video, shot by Sandra Bland, of her 2015 arrest that precipitated her death in jail. Authorities have claimed Sandra Bland committed suicide while in jail by hanging herself with a garbage bag, but her family has long rejected this claim. On Monday, the Dallas TV station WFAA aired cellphone video filmed by Bland capturing the moment when she was pulled over. In the 39-second video you can see the officer — Brian Encinia — drawing his stun gun and saying, “I will light you up.”
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