Sandra Bland, It Turns Out, Filmed Traffic Stop Confrontation Herself

In a cellphone video recorded by Sandra Bland, Trooper Brian Encinia could be seen drawing his stun gun and heard saying, “I will light you up. Get out. Now.”CreditInvestigative Network News & Documentaries/WFAA

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• A newly obtained cellphone video shows Ms. Bland’s view of a traffic stop in Texas in 2015, days before she died in jail in what was ruled a suicide.
• The authorities released the dashcam video after Ms. Bland’s death, but the new video undercuts the trooper’s claim that he feared for his safety.

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