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RandySF

(57,636 posts)
Tue Jul 21, 2015, 10:07 AM Jul 2015

Sandra Bland's Death Will Be Investigated as Murder Case

The probe into the jail cell death of Sandra Bland will be treated as thoroughly "as it would be in a murder investigation," a Texas district attorney said Monday.

"There are many questions being raised about this case," Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis said during an evening news conference. "It needs a thorough and exhaustive review."

Yet, Waller County Sheriff's Office Captain of Patrol Brian Cantrell said at the same press conference that Bland's July 12 death inside a Waller County Jail was already ruled a suicide.

"I want to make clear that the death of Ms. Bland was a tragic incident — not one of criminal intent or a criminal act," Cantrell said.

Cantrell claimed Bland, 28, strangled herself with a jail cell trash bag, but her family has disputed the very notion that she would kill herself. They have asked for an independent autopsy.

"Ms. Bland's family did make valid points that she did have a lot of things going on in her life that were good," Mathis said.


http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sandra-blands-death-will-be-investigated-murder-district-attorney-n395456

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Sandra Bland's Death Will Be Investigated as Murder Case (Original Post) RandySF Jul 2015 OP
Hopefully there will be DNA evidence on the trash bag. BillZBubb Jul 2015 #1
And the D.A. says different - JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2015 #3
Except even FBI agents in NJ smell a rat JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #4
I bet they google searched her and saw she was an activist- that would be unforgivable to them bettyellen Jul 2015 #5

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
1. Hopefully there will be DNA evidence on the trash bag.
Tue Jul 21, 2015, 10:15 AM
Jul 2015

We can only hope that the bag was properly handled after she was found. Of course, given Waller county's history, a new, untouched bag might have been substituted as "evidence".

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JustAnotherGen

(31,681 posts)
4. Except even FBI agents in NJ smell a rat
Tue Jul 21, 2015, 11:06 AM
Jul 2015

A long way away. Interesting side bar convo with those guys yesterday.

I have a homeland security element to my work where I deal with fed law enforcement regularly. I promised a member on time out from DU that I would have the disco - and I did.

I think FBI are shocked that with all of the scrutiny since July of 2013 on local leo - that they continue to operate in such a reckless manner with a complete disregard for life. It's not sustainable. The behavior is not sustainable.

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