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More Sandra Bland jail footage released by Texas authorities | |
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Related: Sandra Bland: suspicion and mistrust flourish amid official inconsistencies | Related: Sandra Bland: suspicion and mistrust flourish amid official inconsistencies |
Texas authorities are releasing more video of Sandra Bland during her three days in jail. | Texas authorities are releasing more video of Sandra Bland during her three days in jail. |
Judge Trey Duhon of Waller County said on Tuesday that several hours of jail footage are being distributed to the media, partially in response to conspiracy theories about her death. He said these allegations have prompted death threats against county officials and that the most serious have been turned over to the FBI. | Judge Trey Duhon of Waller County said on Tuesday that several hours of jail footage are being distributed to the media, partially in response to conspiracy theories about her death. He said these allegations have prompted death threats against county officials and that the most serious have been turned over to the FBI. |
The first portions of footage show Bland being taken out of a patrol car at the jail and questioned by a jailer. She is then briefly placed in a holding cell before her mugshot is taken and she makes a phone call. | The first portions of footage show Bland being taken out of a patrol car at the jail and questioned by a jailer. She is then briefly placed in a holding cell before her mugshot is taken and she makes a phone call. |
Bland was found dead in her cell on 13 July, three days after her arrest. Authorities have ruled the death a suicide. | Bland was found dead in her cell on 13 July, three days after her arrest. Authorities have ruled the death a suicide. |
More details soon … | More details soon … |