Sandra Bland asked why she was being detained at least 14 times during the routine traffic stop that resulted in her arrest and subsequent death in a Texas jail cell, according to newly released dash ...

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The “Sandra Bland Act” passed in Texas this month, but Bland’s family isn’t happy with the approved bill. Bland’s sister and family spokeswoman, Sharon Cooper, said the family was disappointed in the ...

A Texas councilman was stunned with a Taser in front of his Prairie View home Thursday during an incident involving police—one of whom was reportedly involved in Sandra Bland’s arrest. Suggested ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Sandra Bland was arrested in Texas in 2015 and found dead in her jail cell days later. Now, lawmakers are introducing the Sandra Bland Act in honor of the Chicago area native. Its ...

A Texas city councilman who was shot with a Taser in the same city where Sandra Bland was arrested over the summer said his arrest on Friday was "unwarranted." Prairie View Councilman Jonathan Miller ...

AUSTIN — A Texas state trooper indicted over the arrest of a black woman who was later found dead in a jail cell was formally fired on Tuesday. The Texas Department of Public Safety decided to uphold ...

The family of Sandra Bland, who was arrested in Prairie View, Texas, and was later found dead in her jail cell, announced that it's suing authorities in Texas on Tuesday. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reported ...

HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — A Texas state trooper was charged with perjury on Wednesday in connection to the contentious traffic stop last summer of Sandra Bland, a black woman who wound up arrested for ...

WALLER COUNTY, Texas -- The Texas Department of Public Safety said it has begun the process of discharging the trooper who was indicted Wednesday in the Sandra Bland case. Trooper Brian Encinia was ...

The autopsy of a woman who was found dead in a Texas jail revealed no injuries that would suggest she died in a violent homicide, authorities said Thursday. Waller County prosecutor Warren Diepraam ...