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No Indictments in Sandra Bland’s Death
Bland was taken to a nearby county jail where she remained due to being unable to post $500 bail.
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Although grand jurors decided late Monday that Waller County sheriff’s officials and jailers didn’t break the law in their treatment of Bland, they are scheduled to return in January to consider whether to indict Trooper Brian Encinia, who arrested the Chicago-area woman on July 10.
The case is not over, howevrer.
Sandra Bland, 28, was discovered dead in her cell in July, three days after being pulled over for failing to signal a lane change and getting into an argument with a state trooper.
The Bland family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Texas and local authorities in Waller County in August, following a report from a medical examiner declaring Sandra’s death a suicide.
Bland’s death is one in a series of violent incidents against African-American women, sparking a national movement to #SayHerName. He declined to discuss which charges the grand jury has already considered and which it may when it reconvenes. Questions about the officer began to surface after video of the arrest was released with the officer threatening to “light up” Sandra Bland if she didn’t get out of the auto.
A United States grand jury says it will not indict anyone in connection with the mysterious death of an African American in a Texas jail cell in July.
County officials have contended that she was treated well in jail.
He explained that the federal lawsuit filed by the Bland family alleges that the county and their employees were negligent in their evaluation of Bland when at the jail; it does not assert there was a homicide.
Bland’s mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, has criticized the jury, saying “right now the biggest problem I have is the entire process”. It’s possible that the cameras missed it, but she can be heard complaining “You slammed me, knocked me to the ground”. Police claim that her death was a suicide, but friends and family don’t believe it.
The stop quickly escalated into an argument over Bland’s cigarette that ended with Encinia pulling Bland out of the auto and arresting her-yet that flies in the face of a recent Supreme Court ruling that states that routine traffic stops can’t be extended unless there’s evidence that the driver has committed another crime, or there’s a safety issue in play.
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“Sandra Bland’s case shows that we need to do more than #SayHerName”, O’Malley said on Twitter, referring to the campaign that sprang up after her death. “We know that nothing could replace losing a loved one, but we will continue to show the family support over the next year as the legal process continues to play out on their pursuit towards justice”. It also shows jailers interacting with her in the following days. “The idea for that is to allow police to control a potentially unsafe situation”.