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The trooper has been on administrative leave since Bland's death, according to the Washington Post.Bland's palpable frustration in the video becomes more clear in context. In January, she started recording a series of her own videos, called Sandy Speaks, about police brutality, apparently in the hopes they would start a dialogue about current events with her young nephews. In one of the videos, she becomes upset that more people don't seem upset about perceived injustices in the black community. "If you're black and not posting about black unification, get the fuck off social media," read a meme-like image Bland posted on April 11. "Right now we don't care about your birthday, your club pics, your dinner plates, your ass shots, twerk videos, model shots, or any other irrelevant ass shit not mentioned."At Bland's funeral in Illinois, her mother Geneva Reed-Veal said her daughter had hoped to spend her life stopping racial injustice.She never had a chance to do so.Late Monday, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said in a statement that Bland wouldn't have died in police custody "if she were a white woman," according to CNN.Follow Brian McManus on Twitter.