African-American Sandra Bland, who was found hanged in a detention center, allegedly said before her death that she had previously tried to commit suicide, Sheriff Glen Smith told Associated Press. According to the sheriff, during the questioning that all detainees are subjected to, Bland said that ...

Texas police released footage of the detention of black Sandra Bland, who died three days later in a detention center. A video recording made on July 10 by a video recorder from a patrol car indicates that an African-American woman entered into a skirmish with a policeman who stopped her for breaking the rules ...