Texas DPS Uploads New Version of Sandra Bland Arrest Video

DPS says original upload suffered from a technical problem, wasn't edited

Texas officals said Wednesday that a 52-minute dashcam video of the traffic stop and arrest of Sandra Bland, a 28-year old woman from suburban Chicago found dead in her Texas jail cell three days after the arrest, wasn't edited, NBC News reported.

Tom Vinger, a spokesman for the Department of Public Safety, blamed a "technical issue during posting" for irregularities in the video.  That video is below.

The department uploaded another version of the video Wednesday that Vinger said was processed on a computer with a different OS and encoding software and does not contain the technical issues experienced before. The video is also three minutes shorter. That video is below.

In the video, originally released Tuesday, a clip of a person walking and another of a car driving by are cut and repeat themselves as the audio continues uninterrupted.

The dashcam video shows how fast the traffic stop escalated. Bland, who was pulled over for an improper lane change, refuses to put out her cigarette. The officer becomes agitated and asks her to step out of her vehicle. When she refused his request he is heard saying, "get out of the car! I will light you up."

The Texas trooper who pulled Bland over for a failing to signal a lane change said in an affidavit released on Tuesday that after handcuffing her for becoming combative, she swung her elbows at him and kicked him in his right shin.

Trooper Brian Encinia said he then used force "to subdue Bland to the ground," and she continued to fight back. He arrested her for assault on a public servant. Bland was taken to the Waller County Jail on July 10. She was found dead in her cell July 13.

Texas authorities said last week that Encinia violated procedures and the department's courtesy policy during the traffic stop and was placed on administrative leave.

Texas lawmakers who reviewed dashcam footage of the arrest confirmed Tuesday that Bland was "threatened" with a stun gun during the traffic stop. They said they believe she should never have been arrested.

Texas State Senator Royce West, the man vocally leading the charge for a transparent investigation into the jail death of Sandra Bland in Waller County, joined NBC 5’s Kris Gutierrez to watch the recently released dashcam video and discuss what went wrong during the DPS traffic stop.
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