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Teen Talk: Sandra Bland

  Following a minor traffic violation, Texas native Sandra Bland was pulled over by a police officer and brutally forced out of her vehicle. She was arrested and found dead no later than two days after the incident. There has been recent speculation as to how Bland died. Was it really a suicide, or was…
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Hannah Schoenbaum

August 6, 2015

 

Following a minor traffic violation, Texas native Sandra Bland was pulled over by a police officer and brutally forced out of her vehicle. She was arrested and found dead no later than two days after the incident. There has been recent speculation as to how Bland died. Was it really a suicide, or was her death a cover-up by the police department to prevent her from suing? Tune in to this episode of Teen Talk where Los Angeles teenagers discuss the tragic death of Sandra Bland and give their views on the sensitive topics of racism and police brutality.

Scholar-athlete Cody Going: off to Division 1

Scholar-athlete Cody Going: off to Division 1

Cody Going has been in Mission Viejo high school’s football program, a team ranked number four in California by MaxPreps, for five long years. From his time in eighth grade to now he’s been able to see the athletes at Mission Viejo High grow from teammates to a...