What Happened to Sandra Bland?
Whatever the circumstances of Sandra Bland’s death, blood is on the hands of the police.
Sandra Bland. Say her name.
The twenty-eight-year-old African-American woman has become the latest person added to the ever-growing list of victims of racist police violence in the US after her death in a Texas jail cell earlier this month.
On Friday, July 10, Bland was stopped for a minor traffic violation, as she drove home after a job interview. Three days later, she was found dead in a Hempstead, Texas, jail cell, where officials claim she committed suicide by hanging herself with a trashcan liner.
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