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Feb 6, 2023 · Tuesday, Feb. 7, would have been Sandra Bland’s 36th birthday. Her sister, Shante Needham, misses her every day. “She loved her nieces and nephews,” Needham said. “She loved her sisters ...
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Jul 10, 2015 · PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (KTRK) -- Sandra Bland's arrest and death in the summer of 2015 captured the attention of the nation. The Prairie View A &M graduate was due to start a temporary job as a ...
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Jul 24, 2015 · U.S. Questions Still Swirling Around the Death of Sandra Bland. JULY 24, 2015. Sandra Bland died in her jail cell on July 13 after being arrested by a state trooper during a traffic stop in Waller ...
Nov 28, 2018 · In 2015, Sandra Bland, a politically active 28-year-old black woman from Chicago was arrested for a traffic violation in a small Texas town. Three days later, Sandra was found hanging from a noose ...
Jul 23, 2020 · Two years after Bland’s death, two state lawmakers filed the 2017 Sandra Bland Act to address racial profiling during traffic stops, ban police from stopping drivers on traffic violations as a ...
Jul 12, 2016 · Her death at a Texas jail spurred a striking amount of reform talk across political lines. The family of Sandra Bland announced Thursday it had settled its wrongful death lawsuit against officials in Waller County for $1.9 million. The settlement includes changes in jail procedures designed to prevent suicides, including having on-duty medical ...
Jul 24, 2015 · Sandra Bland was found dead behind the grey screen. Sandra was found alone, early on Monday morning at about 9am in her prison cell. Officers say she had been in good health more than an hour ...
