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RandySF

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Sat Jul 18, 2015, 02:09 PM Jul 2015

Texas trooper who arrested Sandra Bland violated police policies: investigators

A Texas trooper violated protocol during a traffic stop of a woman who was jailed and days later found dead in her cell in what a local sheriff’s department said was an apparent suicide, officials said.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said on Friday the trooper has been put on desk duty while the FBI and the Texas Rangers, a statewide police and investigation agency, probe the death of Sandra Bland, 28, an African-American.

Relatives and friends of Bland, who was found hanged in her Waller County jail cell on Monday, said they do not believe the official version given by the Waller County Sheriff’s Office.

Bland, from the Chicago suburb of Naperville, was arrested on July 10 for allegedly assaulting an officer during a traffic stop in Prairie View, northwest of Houston.


http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/texas-trooper-who-arrested-sandra-bland-violated-police-policies-investigators/

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Texas trooper who arrested Sandra Bland violated police policies: investigators (Original Post) RandySF Jul 2015 OP
Yup, and now it turns out this sheriff was fired for corruption. Archae Jul 2015 #1
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