The family of Sandra Bland still want answers to why the young woman was found dead in her jail cell days after being arrested for “illegally” switching lanes. During a press conference in Houston on Tuesday, lawyer for the family of Bland, Cannon Lambert announced that the family is filing a lawsuit against the state trooper Brian Encinia. The family of Bland feel that they are at their last resort suing the trooper because they can’t seem to get the right answers on the case.
During the press conference, Cannon expressed his dismay on why Encinia was placed on administrative leave rather than fired when it’s shown that he violated unspecified police procedures and the department’s courtesy policy. Lambert called for the Department of Justice to investigate the case and try to find what truly happened to the 28 year old woman because law enforcement have been inconsistent with the family.
Bland’s mother, Geneva Reed- Veal feels that her daughter should not have been in jail,
“The bottom line is she never should have been inside the jail cell. Period,” said Reed-Veal.
– Ballah-moni Kollie (@Gottadream87)
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First of all, Sandra Bland was not arrested for an illegal lane change. Secondly, the family was already give the results from the MEs autopsy, which was a suicide.
Lastly, what other answers are they wanting? Trooper Encinia did not cause this woman to commit suicide. The family needs to move on and accept what they were told by authorities. Which is a suicide!!
how come the family didn’t get her out of jail when she called for the bail, they just want money, that woman killed herself,