/tags/sandra-bland Sandra Bland en-US Copyright Fri, 17 Jul 2020 20:16:59 GMT /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&... Fri, 17 Jul 2020 20:16:59 GMT /2020-07-17/how-sandra-blands-life-and-death-will-forever-be-intertwined-with-prairie-view-a-m-university Joy Diaz /news/2020-06-09/texas-lawmakers-who-led-sandra-bland-act-pushing-to-reinstate-police-reforms-taken-off-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 18:37:53 GMT /news/2020-06-09/texas-lawmakers-who-led-sandra-bland-act-pushing-to-reinstate-police-reforms-taken-off-bill Jolie McCullough | The Texas Tribune, Cassandra Pollock, Texas Tribune /government/2019-05-09/at-texas-capitol-sandra-blands-legacy-looms Four years after Sandra Bland died in a Waller County jail, her name is still reverberating in the Texas legislature.Newly released video of Bland’s… Fri, 10 May 2019 03:28:44 GMT /government/2019-05-09/at-texas-capitol-sandra-blands-legacy-looms Christopher Connelly /news/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 14:40:12 GMT /news/2019-05-07/sandra-blands-own-video-of-2015-texas-traffic-stop-surfaces Associated Press /texas-news/2017-05-31/law-enforcement-criminal-justice-reform-bills-that-made-it-through-legislative-gauntlet The 85th Texas Legislature is over. And while the threat of a special session looms, most of us are still trying to figure out what actually made it… Wed, 31 May 2017 19:24:23 GMT /texas-news/2017-05-31/law-enforcement-criminal-justice-reform-bills-that-made-it-through-legislative-gauntlet Jen Rice /texas-news/2017-05-15/sandra-bland-act-doesnt-address-cause-of-her-arrest-family-says The family of Sandra Bland on Saturday called a bill in her honor a "missed opportunity," after lawmakers whittled down the criminal justice reform bill… Mon, 15 May 2017 16:26:50 GMT /texas-news/2017-05-15/sandra-bland-act-doesnt-address-cause-of-her-arrest-family-says Johnathan Silver/Texas Tribune /texas-news/2017-05-03/texas-lawmakers-send-sandra-bland-act-for-full-vote-in-the-senate State lawmakers are sending the Sandra Bland Act for a full vote in the Senate. The bill is named after a black woman who died in police custody in Waller… Wed, 03 May 2017 21:18:37 GMT /texas-news/2017-05-03/texas-lawmakers-send-sandra-bland-act-for-full-vote-in-the-senate Jen Rice/Texas Station Collaborative /politics/2017-03-06/texas-lawmakers-tackle-range-of-criminal-justice-reforms-this-session There’s not much Republicans and Democrats seem to agree on in Austin these days, but criminal justice reform is one area that has found bipartisan… Mon, 06 Mar 2017 23:36:09 GMT /politics/2017-03-06/texas-lawmakers-tackle-range-of-criminal-justice-reforms-this-session Christopher Connelly /texas-news/2017-03-03/sandra-bland-act-would-change-processes-for-law-enforcement-jails State Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, on Thursday filed House Bill 2702, dubbed the Sandra Bland Act.The exhaustive piece of legislation would expand what… Fri, 03 Mar 2017 20:04:17 GMT /texas-news/2017-03-03/sandra-bland-act-would-change-processes-for-law-enforcement-jails Johnathan Silver/Texas Tribune /texas-news/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… Fri, 03 Feb 2017 16:00:00 GMT /texas-news/2017-02-03/texas-house-committee-report-lays-foundation-for-sandra-bland-act Johnathan Silver Texas Tribune