UPDATED: A week after Waller County Sheriff’s deputies found Sandra Bland dead inside her jail cell, the Texas Department of Public Safety rereleased the dash cam video of the traffic stop that led to her arrest. DPS officials reposted the video after they say segments were affected by the original upload.
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Bland’s Death Being Treated Like Murder Investigation
The probe into Sandra Bland’s hanging death inside a Texas jail — which a medical examiner ruled a suicide last week — now includes the possibility of murder.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Lawmakers React to Sandra Bland Death
On Sunday, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee and a trio of state lawmakers visited with the family of Sandra Bland, the woman who died while in the custody of the Waller County Sheriff’s Office.
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Criminal Justice
Preacher: Sandra Bland Did Not Attack Trooper
A Baltimore pastor on Monday said video taken from a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper’s dashboard camera shows Sandra Bland did not attack the officer.
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Criminal Justice
Slideshow: Prairie View A&M Vigil for Sandra Bland
Roughly 200 people gathered on the Prairie View A&M campus on Sunday to share memories of Sandra Bland, who died in police custody three days after being pulled over for an improper lane change.
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Sandra Bland Mourned From Illinois to Texas
On both ends of the path that marked Sandra Bland’s 28-year life — the western suburbs of Chicago where she grew up, and the Texas town where she died — family, friends and supporters Sunday took time to remember, honor and demand answers.
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Politics
In Texas, Sanders’ Tough Talk Fires Up Thousands
Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent running for president as a Democrat, rallied thousands of Texans on Sunday in Dallas and Houston with a progressive clarion call that included some tough talk for Democrats who may be looking past the state.
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Locals Hold Vigil, Grapple With Sandra Bland’s Death
While social media has been flooded with questions from across the country about Sandra Bland’s death, students and residents in Waller County are turning out in person to protest, raise questions and honor her memory.
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Higher Education
Waller County DA: Bland’s Death Won’t Be “Swept Under the Rug”
As Waller County authorities vowed on Friday to conduct a thorough investigation into the death of Sandra Bland, who was found hanged at the county jail, the Texas Department of Public Safety moved forward on a separate inquiry into how arrest procedures were violated in the case.
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Texas Rangers Investigating Death of Woman in Police Custody
The Texas Rangers are investigating the death of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old woman found dead in the Waller County Jail on Monday. An autopsy classified her death as suicide by hanging.