Texas’ ‘Sandra Bland’ Bill Would Revamp Profiling Laws
Style Magazine Newswire | 3/10/2017, noon
Sandra Bland
The first sweeping police overhaul proposed in Texas following a black woman's 2015 death in jail after a confrontational traffic stop would revamp racial profiling laws and officer training - measures that one law enforcement group derided Thursday as misguided, and another said was financially problematic. The "Sandra Bland Act" could also face a chilly reception from Republicans in the Texas Legislature. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has named enhanced police protections - not accountability measures - a priority for lawmakers after a sniper killed five Dallas police officers last summer.
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