Commentary on Classmate's Blog

As I was reading the original editorial, Texas Strict Voter ID Law by Next Generation Feminist; I caught some key things that were stated.

As the author stated, I feel as if the law passed caused a lot of confusion and discomfort. Political races are a detrimental thing in our society. For instance, we elect a person to make drastic decisions and laws that could effect each and every one of our daily lives during presidential elections. 

Although I believe that the United States should make voting easy, I do believe that there should be some regulation on voting. If each voter voted one additional time, the outcome would severely change. Forcing the voter to supple some sort of identification, whether it be a birth certificate or not, is just in my book. As I previously stated, political elections are important to our society and should be taken with extreme caution.

Unlawful Officers

KVUE reporter, Tina Shively, publishes an article about the state's commitment to research deeper into Sandra Bland's case and see how they can prevent cases like this to happen in the future. If you are not familiar with the case I will quickly get you updated. On the day of July 10, a State Trooper made a routine stop for a traffic violation. What was supposed to be routine escalated and became very violent for Ms. Bland when she refused to step out of the car. Later in the day, in the jail cell, Sandra Bland was found dead with question as to how it happened. The questions asked were if her death was caused by suicidal inside the cell or was her death existing before she actually arrived in jail. The verdict came out to be suicidal but her family disagreed. They requested an autopsy but those results have not gone public yet. Things like this should not happen in a government regulated facilities. Regulated facilities such as jail houses should be watched carefully and diligently. Bland was found hanging by a trash bag and nobody heard? Now whether you are arrested for murder or a simple ticket that went wrong, the safety of the inmates are still important. I believe that no matter what the reason for your arrest is, the liability and safety falls on the officers. We need to alter the procedures and standards in order to prevent an incident like this from happening again.