Grand jury indicts trooper in Sandra Bland traffic stop

The Texas Department of Public Safety trooper who arrested Sandra Bland has been indicted by a grand jury on a perjury charge.

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Encinia could get up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine if convicted.

Encinia pulled Bland over last July on a traffic violation.

This decision came a little more than two weeks after the grand jury opted not to indict anyone in connection with Bland’s death, which prompted national protests after she was found dead in a jail cell.

A grand jury will meet again in Waller County to consider possible indictments in the Sandra Bland case. Bland eventually steps out of the vehicle, and Encinia orders her to the side of the road.

State lawmakers monitoring the case have asked for calm as the grand jury meets. Several investigations to look into the incidents were launched and Encinia was placed on administrative duty. She was in custody after a traffic stop for failing to use a turn signal escalated into a physical confrontation with a white state trooper.

Bland was taken in handcuffs by another officer to the county jail in nearby Hempstead, about 50 miles northwest of Houston. Her death was ruled a suicide.