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Texas prosecutor names committee to review Sandra Bland case.
Associated Press
By MICHAEL GRACZYK
6 hours ago
http://news.yahoo.com/texas-prosecutor-names-committee-review-sandra-bland-case-174033486.html
HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) A committee of outside attorneys will assist the Texas district attorney investigating the death of Sandra Bland, the black woman who authorities say hanged herself in her jail cell three days after a traffic stop by a white state trooper.
Authorities also released an initial toxicology report for Bland on Monday, a report that two experts who reviewed it for The Associated Press said raises the possibility that Bland may have used marijuana while in custody.
Bland died in the county jail after the traffic stop for failing to use a turn signal escalated into a physical confrontation. Authorities have said Bland hanged herself, a finding her family disputes.
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Gothmog
(145,805 posts)" ...raises the possibility that Bland may have used marijuana while in custody. " So, let me get this straight. Not only was their a trash can with liner available to inmates to use as a lethal weapon/instrument of death, but pot is also available to the inmates? I believe this says more about the county's Sherriff's Dept. more than anything. Inept.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)After Investigating Sandra Bland's Death
http://www.houstonpress.com/news/state-jail-commission-cites-waller-county-officials-after-investigating-sandra-blands-death-7599587
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)to iron out the flaws in this.