Lawyer: $1.9 million settlement in Sandra Bland lawsuit

[TexasTowelie]

HOUSTON — The mother of Sandra Bland, a black woman who died last summer in a Waller County jail after a contentious traffic stop, has reached a $1.9 million settlement in her wrongful-death lawsuit, her attorney said Thursday.

Local officials insisted the agreement was not yet final, but the mother’s attorney said the deal was “absolute” and that the family’s lawsuit would be dismissed in several days.

Bland, who was from the Chicago area, died in her cell days after she was pulled over by a white state trooper for a minor traffic offense. Her death was ruled a suicide, and Bland’s family later sued Waller County and the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The $1.9 million settlement includes a requirement that the jail have a nurse or emergency medical technician on duty 24 hours a day, the family’s Chicago-based attorney, Cannon Lambert, told The Associated Press.

Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/lawyer-19-million-settlement-in-sandra-bland-lawsu/nsYwM/

Cross-posted in the Texas Group.

[DURHAM D]

1. I am pretty sure she was already received a

supportive call from Hillary Clinton.

It is who she is. It is what she does.

[Gothmog]

2. Waller County is full of racist idiots

I am glad that these idiots settled with the Bland family

[qwlauren35]

3. Please tell me

that the man who pulled her over, and the jailers who neglected her were FIRED. No absent with paid leave...

[TexasTowelie]

4. The police officer that arrested her was fired by the DPS, but I believe that he was put on

administrative leave. I don't believe that any of the jailers were fired though.