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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
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)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".
JustAnotherGen
(31,681 posts)And is doing them a favor by avoiding having the Feds come in.
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JustAnotherGen
(31,681 posts)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.