Tag Archives: Sandra Bland

Arrested for not possessing a valid driver’s license and held in custody because she couldn’t make bail.   A disturbing story is breaking this morning regarding a 22-year-old mother to a 3-year-old daughter who died in police custody last Tuesday, allegedly due to the failure of local jail officials to …

Geneva Reed-Veal, the mother of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black woman who died under highly suspect conditions in a Texas jail, made an impassioned speech at the Library of Congress today. Reed-Veal was addressing the newly formed Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls. The Caucus was formed in March …

Brian Encinia, the fired Texas state trooper involved in the viral arrest and detainment of Sandra Bland, pleaded not guilty Tuesday afternoon to a charge of misdemeanor perjury regarding statements he made in the aftermath of arresting the victim, who was later found dead in a Waller County jail. Encinia entered …

The Texas Department of Public Safety has formally fired Brian Encinia, the state trooper who was indicted on a perjury charge for the arrest of Sandra Bland.  Bland was the black woman whose death made national headlines after she was found dead in a Waller County jail cell three days after …

On Tuesday Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw was asked who was responsible in the escalation of events from traffic stop to arrest in the case of Sandra Bland. McCraw responded: “It’s always on the trooper.  We’re accountable for every stop. And the citizen has a right to be objectionable …

At what point do we as a society look in the mirror and realize that progress isn’t inevitable? At what point do we realize that direct actions are needed to bring about real, lasting change for all Americans brutalized by our criminal justice/law enforcement systems? Immediately, we can only hope… …

“There will be no criminal indictment in the death of Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old black woman who was found hanged in her Texas cell in July. But that death is still at the center of a long-brewing crisis in America’s jails: that recently arrested inmates are at higher-than-average risk for …

“No one will be charged with the death of Sandra Bland, just as no one was charged with the deaths of so many others.” Full Story – Salon  

A Texas grand jury has decided against indicting officers and Waller County Jail employees reported to be involved in the controversial murder of Sandra Bland after a routine traffic stop. Further charges related around the crime will continue to be considered by the grand jury in January. Full Story – …

“As in Ferguson, Waller County and Prairie View are choking residents with court fees in order to fill their coffers in a state without income tax.”   Full Story – The Nation

The grand jury reached no decision on whether the trooper who arrested Bland should face charges.   Full Story – Huffington Post