The cop who pulled over a Texas woman in 2015 who later died in custody was caught on a cellphone video.
A Dallas news station released the footage. About four years later, the video of Sandra Bland being pulled over by a Texas state trooper filmed by her own account.
Sandra Bland's final words were recorded on her cell phone. The video was released four years later. |
The 30 second clip also shows the cop pointing his Taser at her and threaten her.
"Get out of the car! I will light you up!"
This is the footage released to the junk food media. It shows Sandra Bland demanding why she is being pulled out of her vehicle because of a routine pull over.
In the video, Bland said that she "knows her rights."
The dirty cop Brian Encinia said that Bland was being combative and disruptive towards him. He said that pulled her over for failing to signal a lane change. The two were clearly heated in the dash camera and cell phone footage.
This view from Bland gave her family a renew interest in how the Texas Department of Public Safety which controls the State Highway Patrol handled the matter.
The main record of Bland's controversial arrest had been dashcam footage captured by a state trooper's SUV in Prairie View, Texas. But that changed Monday night with the release of Bland's recording, which was acquired by reporter Brian Collister of the Investigative Network and broadcast on WFAA.
Dirty cop lost his gun and badge after he lied about the encounter. |
Bland died in Waller County, northwest of Houston. In late 2016, her family reached a $1.9 million wrongful-death settlement with the county and the Texas Department of Public Safety. But Bland's relatives have also pushed for criminal charges against Encinia, who was fired by the Texas DPS.
The only criminal charge filed in Bland's case was one of perjury against Encinia. He was accused of lying on his official report about what happened during the traffic stop. But prosecutors dropped that charge after he agreed to forfeit his license and not work in law enforcement again.
1 comment:
All the more reason to #sayhername. May Ms. Bland rests in power.
La Reyna
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