Prosecutor investigating Sandra Bland’s death has troubling history of racial bias
The Texas prosecutor who is investigating the suspicious death of a black woman while in custody was accused last year of sending threatening messages to a black pastor who had publicly criticized his handling of cases that involved minorities.
Sandra Bland, an outspoken critic of police violence against black people, was found dead in a jail cell Monday, two days after the 28-year-old had been stopped by police for a lane change violation while on her way from Chicago to a new job near Houston.
“She was smoking when he pulled her over, (and officers) told her to put her cigarette out, she had an exchange of words and it just went downhill,” said friend LaVaughn Mosely, who spoke to Bland shortly after her arrest. “She said he snatched her out of the window and slammed her on her face.”
Video recorded by a bystander shows officers on top of Bland, who was arrested for assaulting a public servant, as she cries out that they had slammed her head into the ground.
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