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‘Say her name: Sandra Bland’
By Betsey Piette posted on July 9, 2021
July 10 marks the sixth anniversary of the day when Sandra Bland was pulled over while driving to a new job at Prairie View A&M University, a historically Black university near Houston. Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia stopped her for allegedly failing to signal a lane change. Police dashcam footage showed that he had tailgated Bland until she was forced to change lanes to let him pass.
Sandra Bland
The traffic stop quickly escalated after Encinia threatened to use his taser on Bland and then forcefully pulled her from the car, threw her to the ground and restrained her. He charged Bland with assaulting an officer. She was booked at Waller County Jail and held there on $5,000 bond.
Newly launched Sandra Bland Center For Racial Justice to bring resources to families affected by police brutality
Newly launched Sandra Bland Center For Racial Justice to bring resources to families affected by police brutality
Bland’s mother said her daughter died while fighting for racial justice and her work to help others must continue
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Newly launched Sandra Bland Center For Racial Justice to bring resources to families affected by police brutality
AUSTIN – Several people gathered at the steps of the state’s Capitol for the launch of the nonprofit the Sandra Bland Center for Racial Justice on Monday morning.
Wood is a Distinguished Professor of Education at San Diego State University. He lives in San Diego.
The verdict is in, and America has expressed widespread relief that Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts. The tension leading up to the moment the verdict was read aloud was palpable. When it was announced that the jury had reached its decision, time passed differently. For some of us in the Black community, the seconds were like minutes and the minutes like hours. We hoped for the best but expected the worst from a system that has a multigenerational history of disservice and delayed justice.