feature: “sandra bland: an american tragedy”

“An American Tragedy!” That’s the title of Bryan Smith’s new in-depth article on Sandra Bland and the aftermath of her tragic death (found dead in a Texas jail after being threatened, assaulted, and arrested by Texas Trooper Brian Encinia during a traffic stop). “The national press has largely moved on from the Sandra Bland story, but a family’s grief remains,” writes Smith. “Fully understanding the depth of their pain—and of the tragedy itself—requires far more than digesting a few sound bites on CNN. It requires a nuanced look at the real woman behind the headlines and at how a heartbreaking combination of factors years in the making—racial, cultural, intimately personal—collided devastatingly in the waning light of a late afternoon on what was once an unremarkable stretch of road in Texas.” CLICK HERE to check out this must-read piece. RIP Sandra.

By Alexander Aplerku, AFROPUNK Contributor

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