Hempstead, TX - TxDPS released the dash cam video of the traffic stop and arrest of Sandra Bland. The incident occurred Friday, July 10 as Bland was returning from a trip to Chicago.The Texas trooper who pulled Bland over for failing to signal a lane change said in an affidavit that after handcuffing her for becoming combative, she swung her elbows at him and kicked him in his right shin.
In the affidavit released Tuesday, trooper Brian Encinia said he then used force "to subdue Bland to the ground," and she continued to fight back.
He arrested her for assault on a public servant.Bland was taken to the jail on July 10 and found dead in her cell July 13.
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Bland, 28, lived with her family in suburban Chicago, and traveled to Waller County this month seeking a job at her alma mater, Prairie View A&M, where she graduated in May 2009.
She got the job in the school's agricultural department. According to an older sister, Bland was "euphoric" about the opportunity.
https://youtu.be/IYim6pDZV0Y
Bland was found dead in the cell, hanging by a plastic trash bag from a bathroom privacy partition. Her feet were touching the ground, officials said. How do you hang yourself with a trash bag??? & what kind of trash bags are inmates getting industrial strength hefty bags??? if so those are expen$ive and now a Tool i would imagine, My home trash bags barley hold my trash in the bag let alone the weight of 100+ lbs