Grand Jury Decides Not To Indict In Sandra Bland Case

Separately, Bland’s family has filed a suit against Encinia, the county that jailed her, and the employees of Waller County jail.

But the evidence presented to the grand jury did not move them to indict, an no felony charges will be brought.

Bland’s mother and sisters spoke at a news conference in Chicago before Monday night’s announcement, where they said they had no faith in the grand jury. “It’s the secrecy of it all”.

A grand jury ruled Monday that jailers and sheriff’s officials would not be indicted for their treatment of Bland, according to the Associated Press.

Bland’s family said at a news conference on Monday that they don’t believe the case is being handled properly by investigating police or special prosecutors, the Chicago Tribune reports. She was discovered dead in her jail cell three days later, hanging from a cell partition with a plastic garbage bag used as a ligature around her neck.

Her family is disputing how the case was handled.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Reed-Veal explained how little information the family has been given. Had I sat here-anyone of us sat here-and not answered your questions, you wouldn’t have a story right? “That’s where we sit right now”.

Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black woman, was arrested and charged with assaulting a public servant on July 10 in Prairie View, Texas.

“She left home excited about an opportunity”.

Her death was the latest in a series of deadly encounters between unarmed African-Americans and white police officers that have sparked protests in many cities.

“Something bad happened and something that happened to her shouldn’t have happened”, Bland’s mother to NBC Chicago.

He concluded, “I never thought anyone with the sheriff had any fault”.

Reed-Veal says that without seeing the Texas Rangers investigation into her daughter’s death, she can not accept the finding that it was suicide. “… Please know that while this decision is disheartening, we will continue to press forward with our existing civil lawsuit”.

Bland, 28, was arrested during a routine traffic stop that escalated into a confrontation.

But Jordan said the case is not over. Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said this week that the officers involved in a recent pilot program to study their use want the cameras back because they foster “the trust we need to build with our community, the two-way respect that we need to push public safety forward in Baltimore”.

The previous form asked inmates to self-report medical problems, mental health histories or intellectual disabilities and indicate if they felt depressed or suicidal, among other inquiries.

Details are sketchy as to what happened after the arrest because there is no audio on the videos released from the Waller County Jail.