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Sandra Bland Recorded Her Own Video Of The 2015 Traffic Stop Arrest

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Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black woman, was arrested at a traffic stop in East Texas back in 2015. Police said she failed to put on her turn signal when changing lanes. Three days later, Bland killed herself in her jail cell. The case generated international condemnation. Now cellphone video of that traffic stop has come to light. And as NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports, the video was taken by Bland herself during the confrontation. WADE GOODWYN, BYLINE: Sandra Bland's cellphone video begins after the confrontation has already started. As Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia orders Bland out to be arrested. (SOUNDBITE OF CELLPHONE VIDEO) BRIAN ENCINIA: Get out of the car now. SANDRA BLAND: Why am I being apprehended? You're trying to give me a ticket for failure... ENCINIA: I said get out of the car. BLAND: Why am I being apprehended? You just opened my car door. GOODWYN: The video was uncovered by investigativenetwork.org. In it, Bland

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