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January, 2016
Trooper who stopped Sandra Bland to be indicted for perjury, fired from DPS, ABC-13, January 7th, 2016
December, 2015
Grand Jury Returns No Indictments in the Death of Sandra Bland, For Harriet, December 21st, 2015
An American Tragedy, Chicago Magazine, December 14th, 2015
November, 2015
Texas County: Sandra Bland wouldn’t have killed herself if her family had paid her bail, Raw Story, November 12th, 2015
September, 2015
Group Demands DPS Fire Trooper Who Pulled Over Sandra Bland, KXAN, September 18th, 2015
Legacies of Limited Justice and the Sandra Bland Case, The Huffington Post, September 14th, 2015
Texas DPS, trooper move to dismiss lawsuit in Sandra Bland case, The Houston Chronicle, September 9th, 2015
August, 2015
Opponents of ‘Sandra Bland Parkway’ petitioning name change, KHOU-11, August 28th, 2015
Sandra Bland’s New Legacy Will Force People to #SayHerName, Huffington Post, August 27th, 2015
Armed Black Panthers Protest in Front of Texas Jail Where Sandra Bland Died, New York Daily News, August 13th, 2015
I am not Sandra Bland, Huffington Post, August 12th, 2015
Sheriff to pastor protesting for Sandra Bland: ‘Go back to the church of Satan,’ Washington Post, August 12th, 2015
An Open Letter to the Waller County Sheriff, United Methodist Insight, August 11th, 2015
Sandra Bland activist to Texas trooper: ‘You Tyrannical Fucking Pig’, Breitbart, August 6th, 2015
A Little-Noticed Supreme Court Case Could Deny Justice for Sandra Bland, Huffington Post, August 5th, 2015
Sandra Bland lawsuit says jail ignored her ‘uncontrollable crying,’ Fusion, August 5th, 2015
Public Forum Focuses on Police Brutality, Click2Houston, August 4th, 2015
Courtesy Oree Originol, Justice for Our Lives
July, 2015
Demand Justice for Sandra Bland – petition on ColorofChange.org
Sandra Bland traffic stop – dashcam video released by Texas Department of Public Safety (youtube video) [archived]
Texas Trooper’s Behavior Called ‘Catalyst’ in Sandra Bland’s Death, New York Times, July 30th, 2015
Statement on the Arrest and Death of Sandra Bland, African American Mayors’ Association, July 30th, 2015
There Are More Sandra Blands in America Than You Know About, Refinery 29, July 29th, 2015 (archived)
Experts Say Sandra Bland’s Toxicology Report Raises Questions, New York Times, July 28th, 2015
Protesters rally at Houston Chronicle over Sandra Bland cartoon, Houston Chronicle, July 28th, 2015 (archived)
Activists Restore Sandra Bland Mural in Ottawa Defaced With ‘All Lives Matter,’ Colorlines, July 28th, 2015 (archived)
The Continued Violence of All Lives Matter: Sandra Bland Memorial Defaced in Ottawa, Eric Ritskes, July 28th, 2015 (archived)
6 Things White Feminists Can Do In Response to Sandra Bland and Police Brutality Against Women of Color, Huffington Post, July 27th, 2015
Reefer Madness: Marijuana Did Not Kill Sandra Bland, Ebony, July 27th, 2015 (archived)
Sandra Bland Laid to Rest; First Black Judge in Waller County Demands Sheriff Resign; Democracy Now, July 27th, 2015
Texas County’s Racial Past is Seen as Prelude to Sandra Bland’s Death, New York Times, July 26th, 2015
Meditation on Sandra Bland’s Self-Possession, The Beatles, and neo-Black codes of conduct, Gina Ulysse, Africa is a Country, July 26th, 2015
Texas Trooper Had No Right to Ask Sandra Bland to Put Out Her Cigarette, Salon, July 25th, 2015
RIP Sandra Bland (song) – Eseibio the Automatic (Reverbnation), July, 2015
What you need to know to talk about Sandra Bland, Brit + Co, July 24th, 2015
On the Death of Sandra Bland and Our Vulnerable Bodies, Roxane Gay, New York Times, July 24th, 2015
As a Victim of Police Brutality, I Could Have Ended Up Like Sandra Bland, Charisma Magazine, July 24th, 2015
We Must Change the Ableist Language Surrounding Sandra Bland’s Death, For Harriet, July 24th, 2015
A sign for Sandra Bland: ‘Signal Lane Change or Sheriff May Kill You,’ Los Angeles Times, July 24th, 2015
‘I don’t Believe Sandy Committed Suicide’: Black Lives Matter CoFounders Speak Out on Sandra Bland, Democracy Now, July 24th, 2015
Exclusive: Sandra Bland co-inmate recalls conversation before death, ABC-13, July 24th, 2015
Will Sandra Bland’s Case Finally Make Black Women’s Lives Matter?, Huffington Post, July 23rd, 2015
Why Was Sandra Bland Still in Jail? She Couldn’t Pay Her Bail, Slate, July 23rd, 2015
Sandra Bland Voicemail from Jail Expresses Disbelief, Chicago Tribune, July 23rd, 2015
Sandra Bland Had Marijuana in her System: Family Attorney, Business Insider, July 23rd, 2015
Sandra Bland Autopsy Shows ‘No Signs of Violent Homicide,’ Texas Prosecutor Says, Los Angeles Times, July 23rd, 2015
Sandra Bland told jailers she’d once tried suicide, jail documents say, Los Angeles Times, July 22nd, 2015
Sandra Bland Committed ‘Contempt of Cop,’ but That’s Not Against the Law, Slate, July 22nd, 2015
Sandra Bland’s Not the First Black Woman to Experience Police Violence, Time magazine, July 22nd, 2015
10 Things About the Sandra Bland Traffic Stop Every Texan Should Know, the Texas Standard, July 22nd, 2015
Ex-cop on CNN Says Sandra Bland Died Because She Was ‘arrogant from the beginning,’ The Grio, July 22nd, 2015
In Her Own Words: The Haunting Importance of Sandra Bland’s ‘Sandy Speaks’ Videos, For Harriet, July 20th, 2015
FBI Joins in Investigation Into Sandra Bland’s Death, Colorlines, July 20th, 2015
Vigil held for Sandra Bland at Texas Prairie View A&M, News Fix, July 20th, 2015
Bland’s Death Being Treated as a Murder Investigation, The Texas Tribune, July 20th, 2015
Sandra Bland’s Family’s Lawyer Details Dashcam Video of Traffic Stop, NBC News, July 20th, 2015
Say Her Name: Sandra Bland, Huffington Post, July 20th, 2015
Prosecutor in Sandra Bland Case, Like Sheriff, Has History of Racial Bias, Daily Kos, July 17th, 2015
Everybody Should be Reading These #IfIDieInPoliceCustody Tweets, Mic.Com, July 17th, 2015
Questions of Police Brutality Raised Over Illinois Woman Found Dead in Texas Jail Cell, The Chicagoist, July 16th, 2015
Black Lives Matter Participant Mysteriously Dies in Police Custody, Jezebel, July 16th, 2015
Road Trip for Suburban Woman Ends in Jailhouse Death, ABC-7 Chicago, July 15th, 2015
Remembering Carl Hampton: A Victim of Police Brutality 45 years ago, Forward Times, July 29th, 2015
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