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1. Brian Encinia pulls over Sandra Bland at 4:27 p.m. on July 10, 2015. Gladwell conveys much of the encounter through a transcription from the scene recorded on Encinia’s body camera. Initially, Encinia and Bland are polite to each other. Encinia takes Bland’s license back to his patrol car.
Sandra Bland. Gladwell begins and ends Talking to Strangers with an analysis of Sandra Bland ’s 2015 encounter with Officer Brian Encinia. The interaction began when Encinia pulled over Bland, a young Black woman, for her failure to signal before switching lanes.
- What Happened to Sandra Bland?
- Sandra Bland’s Context
- Society’s Collective Mistakes
On July 10, 2015, a young woman named Sandra Bland was pulled over in a small town in Texas. She was a tall, beautiful, African American woman who liked to post inspirational videos online. She had just gotten a new job at Prairie View A&M University, and she had big plans to work while studying for her master’s degree. That day, just blocks away f...
There are several things about Sandra Bland’s context that affected her behavior in the interaction with Brian Encinia and led to what happened to Sandra Bland: 1. Sandra Bland had a history of emotional instability:Just a year before the incident with Encinia, Bland had attempted suicide after losing a baby. She had numerous scars on her arms, ind...
So, what happened to Sandra Bland? The death of Sandra Bland was not just a case of a bad police officer, or even a defective police department—it was a collective failure of our society.Everyone that Brian Encinia ever came across, in the police force or otherwise, operated with the same flawed strategies for making sense of strangers. Too few peo...
Bland was pulled over for a traffic violation on July 10 by State Trooper Brian Encinia. The exchange escalated, resulting in Bland's arrest and a charge of assaulting a police officer. The arrest was partially recorded by Encinia's dashcam, a bystander's cell phone, and Bland's own cell phone.
Gladwell begins Talking to Strangers with an overview of the death of Sandra Bland, which he sees as a tragic example of the misunderstanding, conflict, and tragedy that result from our inability to understand and interact with strangers.
In the final chapter of the book, Gladwell returns to the story of Sandra Bland, noting the mistakes that the police officer made in the encounter. He failed to default to truth, instead treating Bland with suspicion.
This is how Sandra Bland happened to be pulled over. The encounter demonstrates all the mistakes people make in talking to strangers in one tragic traffic stop. It also demonstrates what can happen when crucial elements of context are excluded.
