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lunamagica

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Wed Feb 17, 2016, 01:45 PM Feb 2016

Hillary Clinton to campaign in Chicago today with Sandra Bland's mother

Hillary Clinton is campaigning with the mother of a black suburban Chicago woman who was found dead in her jail cell following a traffic stop in Texas.

The Democratic presidential candidate will be joined by Geneva Reed-Veal, the mother of Sandra Bland, for a Wednesday rally in Chicago.

Bland died days after she was arrested last year by a white officer following a routine traffic stop. A medical examiner ruled her death a suicide, though Bland's family has questioned that account and how the stop was handled.

The case became a symbol of mistreatment of blacks by law enforcement and inequalities in the criminal justice system.




http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-hillary-clinton-chicago-sandra-bland-0160217-story.html

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Hillary Clinton to campaign in Chicago today with Sandra Bland's mother (Original Post) lunamagica Feb 2016 OP
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