Subject: Woman Dies In Jail After Being Roughed Up During Traffic Stop. Lying poLICE Say It Was Suicide. Fri Jul 17, 2015 7:23 am
In a video released Wednesday night, multiple police officers seem to be holding 28-year-old Sandra Bland to the ground while she cries out, “You just slammed my head into the ground, do you not even care about that?” Three days later, Bland was found dead in a jail cell.
Bland was reportedly pulled over on Friday for improperly signaling a lane change. A witness said he saw the arresting officer pull Bland out of the car, throw her to the ground and put his knee on her neck while he arrested her. She was then charged with assaulting an officer and taken to a jail in Waller County, Texas, where she was found dead Monday.
The sheriff’s office says Bland hanged herself. But multiple friends and family members have come forward to accuse them of foul play.
Bland had just moved down to Texas from Chicago for a new job in student outreach at her alma mater, Prairie View A&M University, according to ABC 7 Chicago. The job would have started Wednesday. Bland was also an outspoken civil rights advocate who frequently posted on social media about police brutality and the #BlackLivesMatter movement.