Democratic candidate calls for reform of ‘broken criminal justice system’ after grand jury decides against charges in case of woman who died in Texas jailSandra Bland,who was found hanged in her cell at a Texas county jail final summer, would not bear died had she been white, or senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont said after a grand jury declined to indict anyone in connection with her death. “Sandra Bland should not bear died while in police custody”,the Democratic presidential candidate said in a statement responding to the grand jury decision. “There’s no doubt in my intellect that she, like too many African Americans who die in police custody, and would be alive today if she were a white woman.
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Source: theguardian.com