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    Innocent Until Proven Poor

    Aug 01, 2018 2 minutes
    —MICHAEL BARAJAS

    THREE YEARS AFTER A TEXAS STATE TROOPER RIPPED her out of her car and slammed her to the ground over a traffic violation, Sandra Bland’s name still evokes images of police brutality. Her name also remains on the lips of bail reform activists; her death in a Waller

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