A new development has occurred in the 2015 death of Sandra Bland. According to The Chicago Tribune, Bland’s family lawyer, Cannon Lambert, revealed that Rafael Zuniga, a former Waller County jail guard, confessed to not checking on Bland an hour before her passing. In addition, he admitted to falsifying the records that stated he did check on the 28-year-old, but instead lied under oath during the court proceedings.
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“Numerous depositions have been taken in the case involving dozens of hours of testimony,” said Waller County’s attorney Larry Simmons in an interview with the Houston Chronicle. “It is a gross miscarriage of justice and a misrepresentation for any party to cherry-pick or mischaracterize a small portion of that testimony, and take it out of context.”
Bland’s death was ruled as a suicide, but the string of events that occurred from her arrest to being put in the Texas jail cell are still unclear. State trooper Brian Encinia pulled over Bland for a minor traffic violation after she reportedly failed to switch on her turning signal, but his interaction with her became heightened and decided to arrest Bland. The entire occurrence was recorded on his patrol car’s dashcam.
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Bland’s mother later filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the county, but the grand jury failed to indict the officer, and had knowledge of the falsified documents. The medical examiner deemed Bland’s death a suicide.
According to the New York Daily News, Officer Encinia will potentially face a misdemeanor perjury charge.
http://www.vibe.com/2016/07/texas-jail-guard-falsified-sandra-bland-records/
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No link?
They need to take this to the Supreme Court
I wonder if this family has a go fundme for lawyers!
We need to chip in ...
I'm pissed
I'm still wondering why no murder charges were filed in her death... Because everything surrounding her death still seems fishy to me.
Quote from: Glock on July 23, 2016, 01:37:50 PM
They need to take this to the Supreme Court
I wonder if this family has a go fundme for lawyers!
We need to chip in ...
I'm pissed
!!!!!!!!! I know her mother filed a wrongful death lawsuit but that's not enough in opinion...
More needs to be done...
Quote from: Jay. on July 23, 2016, 01:37:55 PM
I'm still wondering why no murder charges were filed in her death... Because everything surrounding her death still seems fishy to me.
she was definitely murdered
Everything is a mess.. And the cause of death was a mess...
She was way too tall to hang herself from the shower and also the string wasn't even strong enough to hold an adult neck.
Nahhh
:uhh:
This is so fucked up, but it will get swept under the rug just like everything else surrounding this case.
Quote from: Glock on July 23, 2016, 01:37:50 PM
They need to take this to the Supreme Court
I wonder if this family has a go fundme for lawyers!
We need to chip in ...
I'm pissed
!!!
like sum shady mess CLEARLY went on
this needs to b taken FURTHER
Guys
They do need to take this to Supreme Court.
Local & State level courts can't be trusted. They are already in cahoots w/ the cops and will try to cover this up.
Quote from: MΛΥDΛΥ on July 23, 2016, 04:27:22 PM
They do need to take this to Supreme Court.
Local & State level courts can't be trusted. They are already in cahoots w/ the cops and will try to cover this up.
!!!!!!! Right. Look at what's happening to the Freddie Gray case all of those cops getting away with it. Like what in the fuck is going on? :uhh: Our legal system is so fucking flawed it's not funny at all. 😒