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HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — A fired Texas trooper pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of misdemeanor perjury stemming from his arrest last summer of Sandra Bland, a black woman who was later found dead in a county jail. Brian Encinia entered his plea during a brief appearance before a Waller County judge as protesters […]

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CHICAGO (AP) — The mother of a black woman found dead in a Texas jail cell after a traffic stop in July said Thursday that a perjury charge against the white state trooper who pulled her over is “not justice.” An emotional Geneva Reed-Veal told reporters in Chicago that the trooper should have been charged […]