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The ongoing developments surrounding the mysterious July death of Illinois woman Sandra Bland has exploded on the national stage, causing many to continue question just how the 28-year-old Black woman lost her life. Bland’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against State Trooper Brian Encinia, the officer who initially stopped Bland and arrested her […]

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Dash Cam footage of Sandra Bland‘s arrest on July 10 has been publicly released and reveals that arresting officer Brian Encinia threatened to use a Taser on Bland before forcefully removing her from her vehicle. The nearly hour-long video also highlights how the state trooper might have mishandled the situation, which escalated greatly when the officer opened Bland’s […]

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Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old Naperville, Ill. woman that was found dead last Monday (July 13) in a Texas cell has been the subject of scrutiny and public outrage. Bland’s mysterious death was ruled a suicide which has many in disbelief, and new details in the case have been revealed since last week.

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The death of suburban Chicago woman Sandra Bland is shrouded in mystery even as more details begin to pour in. While news of Bland’s alleged suicide inside a Texas jail cell spread across social media, the hashtag #WhatHappenedToSandraBland was enacted and sparked a larger and ongoing conversation.

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Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old Black woman from the Chicago suburbs, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her cell Monday morning following a traffic stop. Police claim Ms. Bland assaulted an officer during the stop, and Bland’s family is claiming foul play after the discovery of her body in a Texas cell.

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The white woman who allegedly started the McKinney pool party fight in Texas was identified via a Twitter campaign and later suspended from her job. Tracey Carver-Allbritton was one of two women seen in images fighting a young Black girl who attended the party.

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All eyes are on McKinney, Texas resident Sean Toon, a white man who called the police on a gathering of school children at a community pool for a school year-ending party. Toon, who defended his actions, and those of suspended roughhousing officer Eric Casebolt, has been getting roasted on Twitter by way of the clever #SeanToon911 […]

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The details surrounding the McKinney pool party fight in Texas continue to pour in, but none more staggering than the account of an attendee at the event. Tatiana Rose, who hosted the community pool party with her siblings, says that the weekend confrontation was sparked by racist whites.

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Earlier today we shared details of the incident in McKinney, Texas where police officers were being unusually rough with Black teenagers at a weekend pool party. One of the officers, Eric Casebolt, has been placed on leave, but some questionable details of his online activity have emerged.

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Despite Snoop Dogg‘s “uncle” status in Hip-Hop, he still garners quite a bit of hate from those who refuse to let go of his past image. The top law enforcement official in Texas called the Long Beach rapper a “dope smoking cop hater” after a photo of Snoop and a Department of Public Safety trooper […]

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A so-called “free speech” event in Texas ended in deadly fashion Sunday (May 5) after gunmen swarmed a”Draw Muhammad” contest. In the end, the two gunmen were killed and security guard seriously wounded.

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A pair of white female students at Grapevine High School in Grapevine, Texas are in hot water after a rap track about lynching Black boys they recorded surfaced. The two students have written apologies to their friends and others students, but shifted the blame onto society for their racist and offensive lyrics.