Why would a woman with a promising new job commit suicide after she was arrested over an argument for a minor traffic violation? That's the question on friends and families' minds after police said Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black woman, killed herself in a Texas jail cell on July 13.
The mysterious death came after police pulled over Bland for failing to signal when changing lanes and arrested her, they claim, for allegedly assaulting a cop. Three days later she was found dead in her jail cell, in what officials have called a suicide. But family, friends, and social media activists do not believe the story. Some of the distrust is based on the circumstances of Bland's death — but, more broadly, the skepticism shows some of the wider distrust built up toward law enforcement over the past year of protests against police brutality.
Bland died in her jail cell, and police said it's a suicide
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