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On Monday a district attorney made a statement saying that the investigation into the death of Sandra Bland is actually being treated like a murder investigation.
The 28-year-old was found dead last week after she hanged herself with a plastic bag inside the Waller County Jail. Bland was incarcerated at the Waller County Jail after allegedly assaulting an officer during a July 10 traffic stop.
The FBI and Texas Rangers are investigating her death. Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis told reporters
“It is very much too early to make any kind of determination that this was a suicide or a murder because the investigations are not complete. This is being treated like a murder investigation.”
The D.A. also said the case would in fact go to a grand jury.
“There are too many questions that still need to be resolved. Ms. Bland’s family does make valid points that she did have a lot of things going on in her life that were good,” Mathis said.
The trooper, who pulled over Bland for allegedly failing to use her signal while changing lanes, issued a statement saying Bland became “argumentative and uncooperative” and was arrested on a charge of assaulting a public servant.
A sheriff’s office statement says that, Bland was found “in her cell not breathing from what appears to be self-inflicted asphyxiation.” Bland received CPR, and an ambulance was called, however she was pronounced dead a short time later.
Many people have found the police account of Bland’s death suspicious and question its validity. Those who know her say she was anything but suicidal.
Sharon Cooper, one of Bland’s sisters, told reporters in Chicago
“Based on the Sandy I knew, this is unfathomable to me. People who knew her, truly knew her, the depth of her, that’s unfathomable right now.”
Mathis said there were no cameras inside Bland’s cell but cameras in the hallway showed no one entering or leaving before her body was discovered. The police dashcam video will be released on Tuesday.
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