The professors were one of 11 entities that filed legal briefs on the issue, all of which advocated for all deaths in county jails to be independently investigated.

Six years after the highly publicized death of Sandra Bland in police custody, social media users continue to circulate a conspiracy theory that police took mugshots after Bland had already died.

Five years ago, on July 13, 2015, Sandra Bland was found dead by apparent suicide in her jail cell in Waller County, Texas. Bland died only three days after she was pulled over for a routine ...

Sandra Bland won’t just go away. She spent the final years of her life as an outspoken civil rights activist, spreading the word about racial injustice and police brutality. Even in death ...

Brian Encinia said that he ordered Sandra Bland out of her vehicle, forced her to the ground, and handcuffed her on July 10, 2015, because he feared for his safety. “My safety was in jeopardy at ...

After Sandra Bland’s death in the Waller County jail became a national scandal, former Texas Department of Public Safety trooper Brian Encinia struggled to justify her ugly roadside arrest.

Sandra Bland's name became a rallying cry in 2015 when she was found hanging in her Waller County, Texas, jail cell in what was ruled a suicide. The #SayHerName movement, founded earlier that year ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. The family of Sandra Bland — who died in a Waller County jail cell ...

Video from the vantage point of Sandra Bland, the black woman found dead in a Texas jail cell in 2015 after she was arrested during a traffic stop, was made public Monday night. The clip ...

WALLER COUNTY, Texas — New cellphone footage from the now infamous traffic stop of Sandra Bland shows her perspective when a Texas state trooper points a Taser and yells, “I will light you up!” ...