31 Facts About Sandra Bland

Sandra Annette Bland was a 28-year-old African-American woman who was found hanged in a jail cell in Waller County, Texas, on, 2015, three days after being arrested during a traffic stop.

Sandra Bland was pulled over for a traffic violation on by State Trooper Brian Encinia.

In September 2016, Sandra Bland's mother settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the county jail and police department for $1.

Sandra Annette Bland was from Naperville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and was one of five sisters.

Sandra Bland's worked in administration for Cook's Direct, a food-service equipment supplier, a job she left shortly before her death.

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Sandra Bland's had been due to start a temporary job on, 2015, with Prairie View as a summer program associate.

In January 2015, Sandra Bland began posting videos about many subjects, including police mistreatment of African Americans.

Sandra Bland had at least ten previous traffic-related encounters with police in Illinois and Texas, and had been charged five times for driving without insurance, four times for speeding, and once each for driving while intoxicated and drug possession.

Sandra Bland initially wrote a routine traffic violation warning for Bland after she moved over but did not signal to let him pass since he was tailing her closely.

Once Sandra Bland is out of her car, the officer orders her to put down her cell phone and tells her she is going to jail.

Sandra Bland says that she cannot hear, and states that the officer has slammed her head into the ground.

Sandra Bland recorded the arrest on her own cell phone; that video became public in 2019, and was not part of the civil trial evidence.

Alexandria Pyle, an inmate held in the adjacent cell, later told the media that Sandra Bland seemed "sort of distraught", was very emotional, and was crying frequently.

Cantrell stated that Sandra Bland was informed she could use the phone in her cell with a PIN, but stated there was no record Sandra Bland made any call.

Police stated that at, Sandra Bland was found "in a semi-standing position" hanging in her cell.

An autopsy conducted by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Science concluded that Sandra Bland died through asphyxiation, and classified her death as a suicide.

The autopsy report showed Sandra Bland had multiple abrasions on the right side of her back, slight abrasions on her wrists, and 25 to 30 healing, parallel cuts on her left forearm that predated her arrest.

Waller County assistant district attorney, Warren Diepraam said that it was more likely that Sandra Bland had ingested a very large amount of marijuana prior to her arrest.

Sandra Bland's funeral was held on at DuPage African Methodist Episcopal Church in Lisle, Illinois.

Sandra Bland's death resulted in protests, and calls for investigation by family, friends and others including Rep.

Waller County Sheriff R Glenn Smith, who runs the jail in which Bland died, has been placed in charge of Waller County's investigation into her death.

One form indicates Sandra Bland had contemplated suicide within the past year, while another says she did not.

Sandra Bland said the actions "could range from suspensions to transfers to terminations".

An inspection in 2018, several years after Sandra Bland's death, showed that the Waller County jail was again not monitoring inmates correctly.

In March 2016, documents obtained from the forensic lab that performed Sandra Bland's autopsy suggested that the time of death was not that which was originally reported by official investigations and that this could raise questions about the validity of the original investigation.

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Sandra Bland's mother Geneva Reed-Veal is a member of the Mothers of the Movement, bringing attention to police reform, Sandra Bland's story and the grief process of losing a child.

Sandra Bland's case returned to the public's attention in 2019 when her cell phone video became public for the first time.

Those aspects were widely assumed to include Encinia's actions during the traffic stop, and Sandra Bland's family urged prosecutors to pursue criminal charges against him.

Sandra Bland's attorney said that he would appeal his termination, while Bland's family called for more serious criminal charges including battery and false arrest.

Sandra Bland agreed not to seek expungement of the perjury charge.

Sandra Bland's family filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit, and a jury trial in that case was scheduled for January 2017.