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    Sandra Bland, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray: the toll of police violence on disabled Americans

    More than a third of Americans killed by police have a disability. It’s time to listen to black and disabled activists
    by Dominic Bradley and Sarah Katz Jun 09, 2020 3 minutes
    Margaret Hilaire bows her head in prayer during a demonstration in Katy, Texas, in 2015, after Sandra Bland’s death. Photograph: Brett Coomer/AP

    What do Sandra Bland, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, Tanisha Anderson, Deborah Danner, Ezell Ford, Alfred Olango and Keith Lamont Scott all have in common? They were all black Americans who died at the hands of the police or in police custody. And they were all also disabled.  

    Sandra Bland, 28, had and was found hanged in a jail cell in Texas after being arrested for an alleged lane change violation. Eric Garner, 43, had and died after an NYPD due to being exposed to lead at an early age and died from a severe spinal injury after police officers reportedly gave him a “rough ride” in the back of a police van. Tanisha Anderson, 37, died while having a and being restrained by police officers with her face down in front of her Cleveland, Ohio, home.

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