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Sandy Still Speaks: New Sandra Bland Doc Uses Her Voice to Uncover the Still-Unknown Tale of a Fatal Police Stop in Texas

Like me, Sandra Bland hailed from a “girl family.” She was the fourth of five sisters. Her siblings’ names, like hers, all start with S—Shante, Sharon, Shavon, Sandy, and Sierra. They were a close-knit clan who always had each other’s backs, whether it was in Chicago or Villa Park, Ill., where their mother moved them…

By

Angela Helm

Published

December 3, 2018
Texas Senate Unanimously Passes ‘Weakened’ Sandra Bland Act

The Texas Senate unanimously passed a significantly diluted Sandra Bland Act Thursday, and now the bill will go to the Texas House of Representatives, KHOU.com reports. The bill has been stripped of any measure of police accountability, including consent searches and pretext stops. But lawmakers believe it is still a good first step. The legislation…

By

Kirsten West Savali

Published

May 13, 2017
Politics

Sandra Bland’s Mother Returns to Texas to Support Bill Urging Sweeping Police Reforms

Sandra Bland’s mother returned to Texas on Tuesday to show support for a sweeping police-reform bill named after her daughter, who died in a jail near Houston after a confrontational traffic stop in 2015. According to the Associated Press, it was the first time Bland’s family had testified before the Texas Legislature, which meets only…

By

Monique Judge

Published

April 11, 2017