Officer Who Arrested Sandra Bland Indicted On Perjury Charge

Grand jury believes officer made statements that were not “truthful” and announcement comes after earlier deciding that no felony charges were warranted for Bland’s death in jail.

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally

Brian T. Encinia, the Texas State Trooper who made the initial and violent arrest of Sandra Bland during a routine traffic stop just days before she was found dead in a jail cell last summer, was indicted on charges of perjury by state prosecutors on Wednesday for making false statements regarding his behavior during the

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Sandra Bland’s Family Slams ‘Secrecy Of It All’ After Non-Indictment

‘She should have never been incarcerated. Period.’

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley

Many questions still remain after a grand jury on Monday chose not to indict anyone in connection to the mysterious and disturbing death of Sandra Bland, the 28-year-old black woman who died in a Southeast Texas county jail last July. Prosecutor Darrell Jorden said the Waller County grand jury had not yet reached a decision on whether Texas

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776 People Killed By Police So Far in 2015, 161 Of Them Unarmed

But, just 25 police officers have died from firearms-related violence in the same period.

Mint Press News Desk
By Mint Press News Desk
St. Louis County Police arrest people along West Florissant Avenue, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. Ferguson was a community on edge again Monday, a day after a protest marking the anniversary of Michael Brown's death was punctuated with gunshots.

Editor's Note: In November 2015, the total number of police killings surpassed 1,000. MINNEAPOLIS --- So far in 2015, U.S. police killed 776 people, 161 of whom were completely unarmed at the time of their death. The data was compiled by The Guardian for a project called “The Counted,” a continuously updated, interactive database of police

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Instagram Temporarily Blocks #SandraBland In Attempt To ‘Control Hate Speech’

Instagram also temporarily restricted the #CaitlynJenner hashtag when it was flooded by trolls during an award speech.

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell

AUSTIN, Texas --- From the Lone Star State to New York City and beyond, activists have rallied to share their outrage at the circumstances surrounding the death of Sandra Bland, the woman police say killed herself in jail three days after being arrested for a minor traffic violation in Waller County, Texas. Earlier this week, many of Bland’s

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CONFIRMED: Dashcam Video of Sandra Bland’s Violent Arrest was Indeed Edited

After public outrage over the possibility of the dashcam footage being edited, the Texas Department of Public Safety released a second video, which clearly confirms inconsistencies.

Matt Agorist
By Matt Agorist

Waller County, TX — On Tuesday, the Texas Department of Public Safety released the dashcam footage of Sandra Bland’s arrest. However, there were clear inconsistencies within the video, leading many to believe it was doctored. https://twitter.com/tlangford/status/623851789343789056/photo/1 The Texas Department of Public Safety said that the

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New Evidence Shows Police Video Of Violent Arrest Of Black Lives Matter Activist Was Edited

Sandra Bland was a 28-year-old Black Lives Matter civil rights activist and vocal critic of police brutality, she died in police custody after the arrest in what police are calling a suicide.

Ben Norton
By Ben Norton
This white car appears and disappears multiple times in the video. At 33:06, it briefly enters before suddenly disappearing, indicating the footage the police released to the public was in fact edited.

The dashcam video released to the public of the violent arrest of Sandra Bland was edited. Bland was a 28-year-old Black Lives Matter civil rights activist and vocal critic of police brutality who died in police custody after a Texas officer pulled her over for a traffic violation, ordered her out of her car when she refused to put out her

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