In the ten days since the mysterious death of Sandra Bland in a Texas jail cell, speculation around exactly how the 28-year-old Illinois woman died…

  There is so much conflicting information in the Sandra Bland case it’s hard to know what to believe. So let’s try to separate the fact from fiction as best we can. The twitter rumor circulating that Bland’s mugshot was taken after her death is false. Her family members and friends tell me they spoke […]

The story of Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old who was found dead in a Texas jail cell earlier this month, was given more context on Tuesday…

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DALLAS (AP) — A woman whose death in a Texas jail has raised suspicions about the official conclusion that she hanged herself told a guard during the booking process that she had tried to kill herself in the past, the sheriff said Wednesday. Waller County Sheriff Glenn Smith said two jailers interviewed Sandra Bland after […]

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HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) — The latest on the investigation into the recent death of a woman in a Texas jail cell (all times local): 10:30 a.m. The attorney for the family of Sandra Bland says her body has been flown back to Chicago in preparation for her funeral. Cannon Lambert said in an email Wednesday […]

  Rev. Al Sharpton talks about the latest in the Sandra Bland case, including the release of the dash cam footage before her untimely death. “It is disturbing to say the least. A 29-year-old woman dead in police custody. We don’t need an investigation after seeing the dash cam that was released last night. When […]

  Roland Martin talks to former Dallas County Prosecutor Yodit Tewolde, about the latest in the case of Sandra Bland, the Illinois woman who was found dead in a Texas jail after being arrested for a traffic violation. New dashcam video shows that the state trooper, now identified as Brian Encinia, saw Bland pulling out […]

Authorities in Alabama claim a teen committed suicide in a jail cell an hour after being arrested, another suspicious case of a Black woman dying…

  Sandra Bland was on her way to a new job at her alma mater Prairie View A&M when she was arrested during a routine traffic stop for changing lanes without signaling. Two days later, while still in police custody, she was found dead, reportedly from hanging herself. The family and an outraged public have […]

More evidence surrounding the tragic case of Sandra Bland continues to surface. The police officer who took Bland into custody was  reportedly fired from his previous…

More evidence surrounding the tragic case of Sandra Bland continues to surface. The police officer who took Bland into custody was  reportedly fired from his previous…

US Attorney of the Eastern District of Tennessee William C. Killian has said that federal officials are "treating this as an act of domestic terrorism."