As the case of Cecil the Lion shows, there is a lot of “relativism” in the rhetorics of trauma. People will criticize others for supporting the cause of “justice for Cecil” when there are so many other injustices occuring every day. For myself, it gets a bit depressing looking at the social media and seeing…
The arresting officer abuses his position, and a young woman is jailed for three days simply for failing to signal while changing lanes. There’s no “proof” of racism, but I can’t imagine a white female would have been treated this way. And if something like that happened to me, I know my mother would be…
A spokesperson for Sandra Bland’s family said they don’t believe she could have committed suicide because she had two job offers and voiced excitement over her new move. But she’d also had a miscarriage(?) and a prior suicide attempt. Did she hide these things from her family? Does receiving two job offers erase past traumas?…
It’s not clear whether Sandra Bland committed suicide or was murdered. Either way, the police placed incredible strain on her. If she did commit suicide, can the police department be held liable for manslaughter? Financial damages would be awarded in a civil trial, certainly, but this was not mere criminal neglect. This appears to have…
