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Texas Lawmakers Want Answers Over New Sandra Bland Video
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas authorities are expected to face sharp questioning over why cellphone video Sandra Bland took during her confrontational 2015 traffic stop never publicly surfaced until now.
A state House committee wants answers at a hearing Friday after the 39-second clip emerged this month . Bland was found hanging in a jail cell near Houston three days after she was pulled over for not signaling a lane change.
The death of the 28-year-old black woman set off protests nationwide.
Her cellphone video shows Trooper Brian Encinia, who is white, drawing a stun gun while ordering Bland out of the car.
Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2019-05-24/texas-lawmakers-want-answers-over-new-sandra-bland-video