Texas releases video of arrest of black woman who died in jail
Washington
Texan authorities released footage Tuesday showing a white police officer, during a routine traffic stop, argue with and arrest an unarmed black woman who later died in jail.
The death of 28-year-old Sandra Bland is being investigated as possible suspicious, after authorities initially called her death on July 13 in Waller County jail an apparent suicide.
She is the latest in a number of African Americans to die in confrontations with law enforcement, stretching back to the August 2014 death of black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
On Tuesday, the Texas Department of Public Safety released video footage from the arresting officer's dashcam, showing the dispute that led to the arrest.
The officer orders Bland from her car as she complains about her treatment following a stop for allegedly failing to signal a lane change, then draws what appears to be a Taser-style stun gun and pulls her out.
The officer leads her to the side of the road and handcuffs her. He later claims that she resisted arrest and kicked him, but the brief final altercation happens out of the shot.
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