Facebook Twitter Email LinkedIn Reddit Pinterest. “We know they have an extremely, extremely good cover-up system.”Her mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, told the Houston Chronicle last year that she is still not at peace about the way her daughter died.
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She holds a master's degree in journalism from Syracuse University and an English Writing & Rhetoric degree from St. Edward's University in Austin.Four years later, Sandra Bland’s death casts long shadow over Prairie View Waller County voters passed a $39.5 million dollar bond in November 2017 to pay for a new jail that backers said will improve inmate and employee safety. He said he obtained the maximum settlement from Waller County and the Texas Department of Public Safety, $1.9 million, for the incident.“It didn’t impact my case, what it did do is confirm that the special prosecutors should’ve been more comfortable in prosecuting,” Lambert said.
They made laws, change because of her.”Brooke Lewis is a native Houstonian who covers a wide range of stories in Fort Bend County for the city desk.
“They claim they didn’t do it because they felt it was going to be a difficult case to prove, and that video belies that. ... then-Trooper Brian Encinia arrests Sandra Bland after a routine traffic stop led to a heated exchange in Waller County, Texas. Old stuffed animals are bunched together on the ground.On a June day, when Prairie View Mayor David Allen stops in front of the memorial, he notes how Bland’s photo has come apart. “You can see that based on the way she has the phone in her hand, she didn’t make any sudden moves.”Sandra Bland’s sister, Shante Needham, wants more investigation.“Open up the case.
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