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Sandra Bland: Murdered by a racist, sexist system *On July 13th, 2015, 28-year-old Sandra Bland was found hanging in a jail cell in Waller County, Texas. This was a few days after Bland was arrested for merely failing to use a car turn signal. Brian Encinia, who arrested Bland, was captured on two videos […]

*News of Sandra Bland’s death while in police custody after a traffic stop in Texas has captured the attention of Donald Trump, who weighed in on the situation during an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper. Although he is a “fan of the police,” Trump slammed the officer who arrested Bland as he labeled him “terrible” […]

*On July 10, 2015, Sandra Bland, a politically engaged and vibrant 28-year-old African American from Chicago, was arrested for a traffic violation in a small Texas town. After three days in custody, she was found hanging from a noose in her jail cell. Bland’s death was quickly ruled a suicide, sparking allegations of a racially […]

*Texas officials have revealed the reason behind Sandra Bland’s alleged suicide. An appeal filed by the Waller County Sheriff’s Office says Bland killed herself because she was unable to make bail. In addition, officials are campaigning for a motion to dismiss the wrongful death lawsuit Bland’s family filed against the county and two of the jailers […]

*It started within moments after Sandra Bland was found hanging in a Waller County jail cell. And it hasn’t let up for one moment since her dubious death. The “it” is the non-stop litany of of veiled and not so veiled hints, innuendoes, digs, and crass, snide, accusing comments, remarks, slander and outright lies about […]

*The death of Sandra Bland will be investigated as a murder, according to the Waller County, Texas District Attorney. Reuters reports the revelation came during a news conference held by the DA, Elton Mathis. According to Mathis, there were “too many questions” to determine exactly how Bland died. Three days after she was arrested on […]

*Relatives of Black Lives Matter advocate Sandra Bland are not sitting quietly in acceptance of what the Harris County, Texas Medical Examiner determined as death by suicide-asphyxiation. They have instead ordered their own independent autopsy, according to NBC News. On Sunday, Cannon Lambert, the family’s attorney, said that results from that investigation are pending and […]

*Prairie View City Council members in Texas are hoping a road renamed after activist Sandra Bland will serve as a constant reminder of the injustices they say she suffered in Waller County, USA Today reports. City officials are also hopeful that the road, which leads to Bland’s alma mater, Prairie View A&M University, will also […]

    Photo Credit: Twitter.com *TV One’s “Two Sides” docu-series concludes Monday night (Feb. 12) with the controversial case of Sandra Bland. In the summer of 2015, Bland was found hanging in her jail cell after being arrested at a traffic stop three days prior. Her death was ultimately ruled a suicide but her family disagrees. “Sandy could have been […]

*The family of Sandra Bland have called on Texas officials to re-examine the case against the trooper who arrested Bland, after troubling new cellphone footage from her now infamous traffic stop shows what went down from her perspective. Bland recorded the footage after being pulled over in July 2015, and it shows a white state […]

*You can forget about anybody at the Waller County, Texas jail being indicted for the death of Sandra Bland. That’s because on Monday, a grand jury has refused to issue indictments in the jailhouse death of Bland in July of this year. Bland died this summer while in a Waller County Jail cell, and sparked […]

*The family of Sandra Bland has officially begun to take those involved in her death accountable by filing a federal lawsuit on Tuesday (Aug. 4). In an interview with USA Today, Attorney Cannon Lambert Sr. revealed the suit was filed against the man who arrested Bland on July 10, Brian Encinia as well as the sheriff of […]

*How convenient that mainstream media is able to parade Alexandria Pyle before you and question her about Sandra Bland’s murder, which the media is hoping that her useless account of what happened to Sandra will drive home hard the delusion that Bland committed suicide. Pyle shared a cell with two other women, across the hall […]

*A grand jury’s decision not to indict Waller County, Texas jail officials and workers  in the death of Sandra Bland has generated a reaction from Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders. In a statement issued on social media, Sanders weighed in on the situation, which has resulted in a mistrial, as he voiced his belief […]

Photo Credit: Twitter.com *HBO’s “Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland” documentary explores the death of Sandra Bland, a politically active 28-year-old Black woman who, after being arrested for a traffic violation in a small Texas town, was found hanging in her jail cell three days later. The “must see” documentary premiered […]