Jordan also said the grand jury decided that no Waller County Jail employee would be charged.
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“There’s no doubt in my mind that she, like too many African-Americans who die in police custody, would be alive today if she were a white woman”, Sanders said in a statement issued shortly after a grand jury announced Monday that it would not issue any indictments. “I sit here, and I tell you that we don’t have faith in a grand jury process, because there is no feeling that it would be impartial or unbiased based off of the secret nature of it”, said Bland’s sister, Sharon Cooper.
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In essence, the jury did not believe that any officer used excessive or unnecessary force on Bland during her apprehension nor her stay inside the county jail. Three days later she was found dead.
Encinia has said he arrested Bland because she kicked him during the traffic stop, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Bland’s family says that the grand jury process brought little clarity to the circumstances of Bland’s death.
Given the county’s long history of institutional racism, Bland’s death has raised concerns that the events leading to her death could have been racially provoked.
We are certainly glad to see a national debate about how and when law enforcement officials should be held criminally accountable for the deaths of those in their custody, but ultimately, what’s most important is figuring out ways to reduce the number of such cases in the first place.
The report has been withheld because it was grand jury evidence.
“Grand jurors considered evidence collected by a team of five special prosecutors named by the county’s district attorney, Elton Mathis”. He said the case is “still open”. She also complained that family members have not been made aware of any physical evidence being presented in court and have not been kept abreast of grand jury proceedings.
Activists said the incident, which happened is another example of police brutality toward minorities following the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri which sparked widespread protests. The grand jury will reconvene in January on different topics of the case, including “misdemeanor matters”, according to Houston ABC affiliate KTRK.
It’s not clear what charges the grand jury might consider when it reconvenes.
Brandon Wood, executive director of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, told the paper that the thorough screening gauges the risk of inmate suicide and helps identify medical and mental impairments.
Meantime, Bland’s family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Encinia and Waller County officials. State lawyers have asked a judge to dismiss the lawsuit.
The case became part of the nationwide discussion on whether African Americans get a fair shake in the criminal justice system, with many saying the fact that Bland was arrested, jailed, and later died following a minor traffic infraction shows they do not.
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County officials have said Bland was treated well while locked up and produced documents that show she gave jail workers inconsistent information about whether she was suicidal. “They found that he violated internal procedures, the Department’s courtesy policy basically”, Smith says. The situation quickly escalates, with Mr Encinia appearing to threaten Ms Bland after she refuses to get out of her vehicle.
