Texas

In Houston, Texas, a high school student was among others participating in a tribute of recently slain Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Darren Gorofth. The student, Fatimah Bouderdaben, wore a blue shirt Friday following the code. However, Bouderdaben’s shirt was emblazed with the #BlackLivesMatter tag, which prompted school officials to send her home. Bouderdaben, a 17-year-old senior at […]

Charnesia Corley was pulled over for running a stop sign and was subjected to a forcible cavity search after cops claim they smelled weed.

Christian Taylor's father doesn't have any harsh words for Brad Miller, the officer who shot and killed his son last weekend.

Child Protective Services previously sought to remove six children from a Texas home where they were killed by their mother's ex-boyfriend.

The family of Christian Taylor, the unarmed teen who was killed by a Texas police officer over the weekend, has yet to hear from police officials

Police say a Texas man forced entry into his ex’s Houston home and shot and killed her, her husband, and the couple’s six children — including one boy who was his own son. David Ray Conley‘s former girlfriend, 40-year-old Valerie Jackson, was handcuffed to the bed along with her husband Dwayne Jackson, 50, before Conley took […]

Sandra Bland's family announced the filing of a lawsuit against officials in Houston involved in her arrest and death.

A Texas mother took initiative when her 10-month-old son was discovered locked inside of a daycare by staffers overnight.` Sharonda Ross says she dropped her son Jordan off Monday morning at Joann’s Day Care in northeast Houston and expected her husband to pick him up later that evening, reports the New York Daily News. When she realized he hadn’t, […]

Waller County officials have released new video of Sandra Bland, which reveals far more than was previously seen of her time in the jail where she mysteriously lost her life. While there have been two videos that have been issued to the public thus far, the newest video connects the timeline in between her initial […]

Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis has appointed a committee of attorneys from outside his jurisdiction to review findings in the mysterious death of Sandra Bland. This committee will review evidence as it continues to be collected, all in an effort to help Mathis sort out the many moving parts of the case. Mathis made […]

Noting the historically contentious relationship between Black communities and law enforcement, Attorney General Loretta Lynch discussed how Sandra Bland’s death is a prime example of the concern that police encounters will end fatally. During interviews with MSNBC and ABC, set to air Monday, Lynch said that what she hopes will come from Bland’s arrest and death is a […]

The funeral for the woman who died in police custody two weeks ago, sparking speculation about police involvement in her death, will be buried Saturday morning in Lisle, Ill. About 1,000 mourners, friends and family members of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old Chicago native, will gather for a wake at 9 a.m., ABC 7 reports. The […]