
A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper has surrendered to authorities on the single misdemeanor charge of perjury related to the arrest and subsequent in-custody suicide of Sandra Bland.
by Bob Price7 Jan 2016, 2:17 PM PST0

A grand jury in Waller County, Texas, returned a misdemeanor indictment of perjury against a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper and cleared the Waller County sheriff and his jail staff.
by Bob Price and Lana Shadwick6 Jan 2016, 4:59 PM PST0

A Waller County grand jury indicted a Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper on a county of perjury in connection with the arrest of Sandra Bland,
by Bob Price and Lana Shadwick6 Jan 2016, 2:09 PM PST0

A vigil for Sandra Bland in New York’s Union Square Park Wednesday night skirted into conspiracy theory territory as protesters carried signs saying Bland had been “killed” and speakers suggested the failure to charge anyone in her death was a sign that justice had not been served.
by John Sexton31 Dec 2015, 4:46 PM PST0

HOUSTON, Texas — The grand jurors who are hearing the evidence in the Sandra Bland cases, and the special prosecutors who were appointed to serve in the case, are racially diverse and include two black special prosecutors, and three blacks and one Hispanic on the grand jury.
by Lana Shadwick23 Dec 2015, 9:46 AM PST0

HOUSTON, Texas – A special prosecutor in the Sandra Bland case, and the head of a commission that has looked into the procedures in Waller County, Texas, has confirmed that a grand jury has declined to indict the Waller County
by Lana Shadwick22 Dec 2015, 8:11 AM PST0

Thieves broke into a Texas sheriff’s official vehicle this weekend, stealing eight guns and a law enforcement jacket. The break-in occurred on Saturday while the sheriff lunched in a Houston-area restaurant.
by Bob Price8 Dec 2015, 7:44 AM PST0

Attorneys for Waller County, Texas, have asked a federal court judge to dismiss the wrongful death lawsuit for damages brought by the Sandra Bland family. The county and the two jailers argue that Bland committed suicide, not because of their negligence, but because she was distraught that her family would not pay $515 to post bond.
by Lana Shadwick15 Nov 2015, 12:06 PM PST0

We’ve seen this before: An encounter between a black citizen and police is framed as an example of racial profiling. The story spreads like wildfire on social media and is pointed to as evidence of the need for immediate cultural change.
by John Sexton5 Nov 2015, 4:56 PM PST0

A woman who is a dean at a Texas university claimed she was harassed by white cops in her upscale community for ‘walking while black.’ The only problem, a police dashcam video tells a different story.
by Lana Shadwick4 Nov 2015, 11:08 AM PST0

GOP Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie was at the Iowa state fair grounds on Saturday and was emphatic that he was not withdrawing from his position on the Black Lives Matter movement. He also said he was not quitting his presidential campaign. Christie hit the Black Lives Matter movement again while he was speaking at the fair.
by Lana Shadwick1 Nov 2015, 7:53 AM PST0

Getting information from the Texas Attorney General’s Office (OAG) about areas wherein the AG is representing the state, is as the proverbial phrase “like pulling teeth.” Media spokespersons for the Lone Star state’s top lawyer, Attorney General Ken Paxton, report that it is the policy of the OAG not to comment on pending litigation. Like the chorus of a song, this refrain has been the repeated response to any request for information from the agency. The contrast between the previous Office of Texas Attorney General, and the present administration, is great.
by Lana Shadwick17 Sep 2015, 7:10 AM PST0

Armed Black Panther members marched in front of the Waller County jail and shouted, “You’re gonna stop doing what you’re doing, or we will start creeping up on you in the darkness.”
by Bob Price and Lana Shadwick31 Aug 2015, 12:10 PM PST0

WALLER COUNTY, Texas — University Drive at Prairie View A&M University has been renamed “Sandra Bland Parkway.” The Prairie View City Council named the street after the woman who was arrested on that street and later died in a Waller County, Texas, jail.
by Bob Price and Lana Shadwick25 Aug 2015, 7:28 PM PST0

A photo titled “His Life Matters” taken of a black and a white police officer at the Trinity Police Department in Texas has gone viral. The photo shows the officers with writing on their hands that says “His Life Matters” with an arrow pointing to his fellow officer.
by Lana Shadwick14 Aug 2015, 10:21 AM PST0

A group of armed members of the New Black Panther Party marched on the Waller County Jail Wednesday afternoon chanting “The revolution is on… Off the pigs,” and “Oink Oink… Bang Bang!” The group of about fifteen Black Panthers exercised their First and Second Amendment rights. The group was met in Waller County by a large contingent of Harris County (Houston) Sheriff’s Office deputies.
by Bob Price12 Aug 2015, 3:49 PM PST0

On Monday, roughly 50 protesters, some of them smiling broadly as they stood in the middle of the street blocking traffic in downtown Fresno, shouted “Fresno is Ferguson!” and “Black lives matter!” to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
by William Bigelow11 Aug 2015, 10:17 AM PST0

To commemorate the one-year anniversary of Mike Brown’s death, the New York Times published a video in which three individuals–Johnetta Elzie, DeRay McKesson and Zellie Imani–discuss their history of Twitter activism inspired by the case.
by John Sexton10 Aug 2015, 4:49 PM PST0

The “day of rage” threatened by the group Anonymous for August 8th was an EPIC FAIL. Moreover, Sandra Bland supporters who depended on them to be there, were left to fend all on their own.
by Lana Shadwick10 Aug 2015, 5:39 AM PST0

At the end of what was supposed to be a non-violent rally supporting the life of Sandra Bland, a violent confrontation broke out between some of the protesters and Waller County Sheriff’s Office deputies. A small group of people barged into the lobby of the sheriff’s office and began shouting and pounding on windows and doors, according to officials. The group had to be forcibly removed by deputies.
by Bob Price10 Aug 2015, 3:02 AM PST0

WALLER COUNTY, Texas — Breitbart Texas was at the Waller County Sheriff’s Office county jail Saturday evening when a protester told reporters and others present, that all white people should be killed. She also called white people and reporters, “terrorists.” Her orders
by Lana Shadwick9 Aug 2015, 12:14 PM PST0

After being fired on by a suspect, a Waller County police officer returned fire and killed one of two brothers involved in a fight Saturday afternoon. The officer, a member of the SWAT team, told officers he did not want to
by Lana Shadwick9 Aug 2015, 7:53 AM PST0

A YouTube video message purportedly by the group Anonymous has issued a warning for U.S. police chiefs, Waller County police, and in particular, the Waller County Sheriff’s Department. In a threatening demand, the group told the Waller Sheriff’s Office, “We all know where you live. No mercy for murders.” The group plans protests in 35 cities throughout the U.S. on Saturday, August 8th.
by Lana Shadwick7 Aug 2015, 3:21 AM PST0

A man claiming to be a member of the Anonymous hactivist group is in jail in Waco after allegedly making threats to kill McLennan County and Waco police officers. Just days before this altercation, the self-described Sandra Bland activisit called a Texas trooper “You tyrannical f**king pig.”
by Lana Shadwick6 Aug 2015, 10:44 AM PST0

The mother of Sandra Bland wasted no time in filing a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of herself and Bland’s estate. Bland committed suicide in a Waller County jail after being arrested by a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper for a traffic violation and assaulting a police officer.
by Bob Price and Lana Shadwick4 Aug 2015, 1:20 PM PST0