It will also provide mental health care access to and increased supervision of inmates. “What the bill does in its current state renders Sandy invisible,” Sharon Cooper, Bland’s sister, told the AP. They say it will now do little to prevent similar instances with the police like that which Bland experienced. “It should be a bill that actually takes away the issue that caused her death,” Mann told the AP. In April, Bland’s mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, traveled to Texas to testify before state lawmakers and push for changes in policing that were outlined in the Sandra Bland Act at the time, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Source: Huffington Post May 15, 2017 19:18 UTC