Dashcam Video From Sandra Bland's Arrest To Be Released Tuesday
More details could emerge Tuesday into the circumstances leading to the death of a Naperville woman inside a Texas jail cell last week.
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More details could emerge Tuesday into the circumstances leading to the death of a Naperville woman inside a Texas jail cell last week.
Officials have said Sandra Bland hung herself with a trash bag last week after being arrested during a traffic stop. CBS 2's Brad Edwards reports.
Sandra Bland was found dead in her jail cell on July 13, three days after she was arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer during a traffic stop in Waller County, about 50 miles north of Houston.
Waller County Sheriff R. Glenn Smith says he understands why Sandra Bland's family wants answers, but added he thinks an investigation will bolster the initial determination the woman committed suicide.
Relatives of a Naperville woman who died in a Texas jail cell said it's "unfathomable" that she committed suicide, as authorities have said, and they've hired an attorney to get answers.
Sandra Bland was arrested near Houston on Friday, and the Waller County Sheriff's Office said she was found unresponsive in her cell Monday morning, and was later pronounced dead of apparent "self-inflicted asphyxiation."
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