Sandra Bland

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An advisory panel found that Waller County Jail needs a major overhaul including a new facility, better mental health screenings for inmates and a body cam policy for officers.

On Tuesday, a panel assembled after she died issued a report indicating that the jail’s staff needs more training in regards to identifying mental health issues. It also specified that the facility should provide anger management counseling for inmates and employees should wear body cameras.

Plus, man pleads guilty to the 2013 murder of Black trans woman Islan Nettles, Sandra Bland's mother becomes a member of Sigma Gamma Rho and more news.

Geneva Reed-Veal, mother of Sandra Bland, and family to worship at Hope A.M.E. Church in Prairie View, Texas. Hope African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church is pleased to welcome Mrs. Geneva Reed-Veal, mother of Sandra Bland, and other family members to worship service at Hope A.M.E. Church on Sunday, April 17, 2016 at 11:30AM (CST). Reed-Veal […]

Brian Encinia still faces misdemeanor perjury charges and a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the Bland family.

Sandra Bland's mother Geneva Reed-Veal is the latest family member of a police brutality victim to endorse a presidential candidate.

Sandra Bland's mother Geneva Reed-Veal has named 10 new Waller County officials in her federal lawsuit over her daughter's untimely death

Texas Department of Public Safety director Steve McCraw shared his thoughts on the death of Sandra Bland and how the actions of the arresting officer escalated the incident, The Texas Tribune reports.

Brian Encinia, the Texas Trooper that arrested Sandra Bland before she died in prison a few days later, has been indicted for perjury by a grand jury. Encinia, 30, is suspected of lying in his incident report of Bland’s arrest at a traffic stop; the charge is a misdemeanor that would warrant possibly a year […]

Family lawyers say the Texas trooper lacked probable cause to make the traffic stop in the first place, and committed assault and battery during the arrest.