May 7 2019
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The family of Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old woman who died in a Texas jail after being pulled over for a traffic…
Apr 27 2018
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The act of watching a documentary in the same room as the subject’s family and friends is a harrowing experience,…
Apr 17 2018
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In this clip for the film Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland—an HBO documentary about the ambiguous,…
Sep 15 2016
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After a grand jury refused to indict any Waller County jail employees in the death of Sandra Bland, who was found…
Jul 26 2016
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On Tuesday evening, the Mothers of the Movement—mothers of black Americans whose deaths have sparked nationwide…
Apr 28 2016
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The Congressional Caucus for Black Women & Girls, an urgent convening of lawmakers, public figures, and the…
Mar 3 2016
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In Texas, the state trooper who pulled over Sandra Bland for a routine traffic stop that ultimately led to her death…
Jan 21 2016
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Police are struggling to explain why a 16 year-old girl was found dead in a Kentucky juvenile detention center ten…
Jan 6 2016
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Brian T. Encinia, the trooper who arrested Sandra Bland in 2015, has been indicted on a charge of perjury, a Class A…
Dec 28 2015
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On Monday, an Ohio grand jury decided not to bring charges against the two officers, Timothy Loehmann and Frank…
Dec 22 2015
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On Monday, a grand jury in Waller County, Texas declined to indict any of the employees at the country jail where…
Sep 28 2015
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On Sunday, Senator Elizabeth Warren delivered a speech extolling the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement…
Aug 26 2015
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Sandra Bland, who died mysteriously in a Texas jail cell in July, will have a street named in her honor in the Lone…
Aug 4 2015
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Sandra Bland’s family is bringing a federal lawsuit against Trooper Brian Encinia, the man that pulled over Bland,…
Aug 3 2015
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The New Yorker profiled former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for its August 10 issue, the one-year…
Aug 1 2015
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Recently released documents show that Brian Encinia, the Texas state trooper who arrested Sandra Bland after pulling…
Jul 30 2015
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On Wednesday, Fox’s Bill O’Reilly highlighted a reporter who tried to cover a Black Lives Matter protest in Chicago…
Jul 29 2015
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There is something very off about a recent story circulated by the Associated Press on Sandra Bland’s toxicology…
Jul 27 2015
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On Monday, Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis announced that a committee of outside lawyers will review…
Jul 27 2015
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Jay Z and Will Smith are teaming up with Aaron Kaplan to produce an HBO miniseries about Emmett Till, the…