Video: The Arrest of Sandra Bland, The Black Woman Who Died In Texas Police Custody After Routine Traffic Stop

by | Jul 16, 2015 | News | 0 comments

Many people in the community feel there is foul play involved in the death of Sandra Bland.

The young woman left Chicago suburbs for the Houston, Texas area, a new job and new opportunities on life July 9th, 2015. Three days later, Bland was arrested for “assault of a public servant,” during a traffic stop.

July 13th, Bland was found dead in her jail cell by the police. The 28-year-old’s death has been classified as a suicide “with the cause of death (listed as) hanging,” or “self-inflicted asphyxiation,” Tricia Bentley, a spokeswoman for the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences in Houston told the Chicago Tribune.

BYSTANDER VIDEO OF SANDRA BLAND’S ARREST

Fortunately, video of the arrest was taken and uploaded to video by someone.

At the beginning of the video, you can see the officers have slammed Bland to the ground and are on top of her. She is talking most of the time and sounds like she is in disbelief of this situation.

You can’t understand most of what is being said, but she can be heard yelling.

“You slammed my head to the ground. Do you even care about that?”

At the end of the video, you can hear Bland speaking out to the person recording:

“For a traffic Signal. Thank you for recording. Thank you. For a traffic signal. Slammed me to the ground and everything.”

SOUND OFF: What do you think is behind the death of Sandra Bland?

Source: NewsOne

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