/tags/sandra-bland Sandra Bland en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 17 Jul 2020 20:16:58 GMT /texas/2020-07-17/how-sandra-blands-life-and-death-will-forever-be-intertwined-with-prairie-view-a-m-university From Texas Standard:This Monday marked the five-year anniversary of the death of Sandra Bland. The event is forever intertwined with Prairie View A&M� Fri, 17 Jul 2020 20:16:58 GMT /texas/2020-07-17/how-sandra-blands-life-and-death-will-forever-be-intertwined-with-prairie-view-a-m-university Joy Diaz /texas/2020-07-13/lawmakers-push-for-more-police-reforms-on-five-year-anniversary-of-sandra-blands-death From Texas Standard:Five years ago, 28-year-old Sandra Bland died by what was officially ruled a suicide, in a Waller County jail cell. Bland, a Black� Mon, 13 Jul 2020 18:13:16 GMT /texas/2020-07-13/lawmakers-push-for-more-police-reforms-on-five-year-anniversary-of-sandra-blands-death Joy Diaz /politics/2020-06-09/texas-lawmakers-who-led-sandra-bland-act-push-to-restore-police-reforms-stripped-from-original-bill After Sandra Bland's death in a rural Texas jail drew outrage across the nation, two Texas lawmakers filed a comprehensive bill to address racial� Tue, 09 Jun 2020 19:28:52 GMT /politics/2020-06-09/texas-lawmakers-who-led-sandra-bland-act-push-to-restore-police-reforms-stripped-from-original-bill Jolie McCullough | Texas Tribune, Cassandra Pollock | The Texas Tribune /crime-justice/2019-05-24/lawmaker-grills-department-of-public-safety-over-disclosure-of-sandra-bland-cellphone-video Tensions over the arrest and death of Sandra Bland boiled over during a Capitol committee hearing Friday morning in which lawmakers and state officials� Fri, 24 May 2019 17:56:16 GMT /crime-justice/2019-05-24/lawmaker-grills-department-of-public-safety-over-disclosure-of-sandra-bland-cellphone-video Alex Samuels/Texas Tribune /texas/2019-05-07/sandra-blands-own-video-of-2015-texas-traffic-stop-surfaces Cellphone video recorded by Sandra Bland, a black woman found dead in a Texas jail in 2015 following a confrontational traffic stop, shows for the first� Tue, 07 May 2019 13:05:48 GMT /texas/2019-05-07/sandra-blands-own-video-of-2015-texas-traffic-stop-surfaces The Associated Press /austin/2019-04-12/apd-says-its-own-over-reporting-led-to-appearance-of-aggressive-rate-of-injury-in-traffic-stops After a damning report that suggested Austin police officers used force in traffic stops at alarming rates, the department is defending its� Fri, 12 Apr 2019 20:12:27 GMT /austin/2019-04-12/apd-says-its-own-over-reporting-led-to-appearance-of-aggressive-rate-of-injury-in-traffic-stops Andrew Weber /texas/2017-02-03/texas-house-committee-report-lays-foundation-for-sandra-bland-act Fourteen recommendations in the Texas House County Affairs Committee's recent report to lawmakers � including calls for them to increase police officer� Sat, 04 Feb 2017 00:17:23 GMT /texas/2017-02-03/texas-house-committee-report-lays-foundation-for-sandra-bland-act Johnathan Silver, Texas Tribune /texas/2016-09-15/sandra-blands-family-settles-wrongful-death-lawsuit From the Texas Tribune: The family of Sandra Bland � who died last year in a Waller County Jail cell � has reached a settlement with Texas officials in a� Thu, 15 Sep 2016 18:46:07 GMT /texas/2016-09-15/sandra-blands-family-settles-wrongful-death-lawsuit Johnathan Silver, Texas Tribune /crime-justice/2016-03-23/trooper-in-sandra-bland-case-pleads-not-guilty From the Texas Tribune: Former Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Brian Encinia walked solemnly before a state district court judge Tuesday� Wed, 23 Mar 2016 18:41:03 GMT /crime-justice/2016-03-23/trooper-in-sandra-bland-case-pleads-not-guilty Johnathan Silver, Texas Tribune /texas/2016-01-06/grand-jury-indicts-trooper-in-sandra-bland-case Waller County grand jurors indicted Department of Public Safety trooper Brian Encinia on a single charge of perjury Wednesday because they did not believe� Wed, 06 Jan 2016 22:28:18 GMT /texas/2016-01-06/grand-jury-indicts-trooper-in-sandra-bland-case Johnathan Silver, Texas Tribune, Terri Langford, Texas Standard