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Sandra Annette Bland was a 28-year-old African-American woman who was found hanged in a jail cell in Waller County, Texas, on July 13, 2015, three days after being arrested during a traffic stop. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Officials found her death to be a suicide .
This April, Bland's mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, visited Washington, D.C., to deliver a speech at the Library of Congress. “By a show of hands,” she asked the audience, “can any of you tell me the other six women who died in jail in July 2015 along with Sandra Bland?” Nobody could. Those women are recorded here, along with hundreds of others.
Encinia, who arrested 28-year-old Sandra Bland in July, was indicted by the grand jury in Waller County, outside of Houston, in January. Texas trooper fired for traffic stop of woman who later ...
Texas’ Largest Jail Hasn’t Learned Much From Sandra Bland’s Death The Huffington Post Read article >> This Stroke Victim Was Jailed For Smoking Pot And Couldn’t Afford $100 Bail. He Died In Custody. The Huffington Post Read article >> Sandra Bland’s Family Got A Settlement, But The Fight Isn’t Over The Huffington Post Read article >>
About 4,000 people die each year while in a county jail or a state prison, according to data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Sandra Bland was just one of thousands who die in custody Skip ...
The family of Sandra Bland filed a lawsuit against a Texas trooper, a sheriff?s office and jailers, accusing them of being responsible for her death. Texas county says woman killed herself when no ...
An Inmate Died Of Thirst In A Jail Run By A Loudly Pro-Trump Sheriff The Huffington Post Read article >> Texas’ Largest Jail Hasn’t Learned Much From Sandra Bland’s Death The Huffington Post Read article >> This Stroke Victim Was Jailed For Smoking Pot And Couldn’t Afford $100 Bail. He Died In Custody. The Huffington Post Read article >>
The phrase "Say Their Names" was coined to bring attention to victims of systemic racism and racial injustice in the United States. The movement stems from the 2014 movement SayHerName in response to the death of Bland, and has since gained significant traction when discussing racial injustice in the United States. [4]