Jul 23 Watch 7:05 Ta-Nehisi Coates: We accept violence against African-Americans as normal By PBS News Hour In his new book, “Between the World and Me,” Atlantic magazine columnist Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about the looming violence that African-Americans endure every day, in the form of a letter to his 14-year-old son. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Coates about… Continue watching
Jul 23 Watch 5:12 News Wrap: Turkish soldier killed by Islamic State fire By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Islamic State militants fired across the border from Syria into Turkey, killing one soldier and wounding two others. That comes days after a suicide attack killed 32 in a southeastern Turkish town. Also, prosecutors announced… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch 5:46 Should Sandra Bland have been arrested? By PBS News Hour New video of Sandra Bland's traffic stop shows the aggressive arrest before she died in police custody in Texas. Gwen Ifill learns more about the investigation into Bland’s death and the officer’s conduct from Alana Rocha of The Texas Tribune. Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch 3:21 Video reveals hostile turn in Sandra Bland traffic stop By PBS News Hour A police dashboard camera recording has been released of the interaction between Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia and the woman he pulled over, Sandra Bland, who was arrested and then found dead in a jail cell days later. Gwen Ifill… Continue watching
Jul 22 Validity of dashcam video of Sandra Bland’s arrest called into question By Colleen Shalby The validity of a 52-minute dashcam video that captured Sandra Bland’s arrest is being called into question. Continue reading
Jul 21 Here’s what we know so far about Sandra Bland’s death By Colleen Shalby The death of Sandra Bland -- a 28-year-old African-American woman from Naperville, Illinois-- is being treated as a murder investigation, Waller County’s district attorney Elton Mathis announced Monday night. Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch 3:02 News Wrap: Texas grand jury to hear Sandra Bland case By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, a Texas grand jury will take up the case of Sandra Bland, a black woman who police say hanged herself Monday after being jailed for a traffic violation. Friends and family say they doubt she… Continue watching