Family Of Sandra Bland Filing Federal Lawsuit Against DPS Trooper Brian Encinia *UPDATE* Video Added

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The family of Sandra Bland will file a federal lawsuit in Houston on Tuesday, August 4, against Texas Department of Public Safety trooper Brian Encinia and others, according to the Associated Press.

Bland, 28, was arrested after a routine traffic stop by Encinia turned hostile. She was found dead in her Waller County jail cell three days later, July 13, after allegedly hanging herself with a plastic garbage bag.

Bland had recently accepted a new job at Prairie View A&M University. Her family insists she was looking forward to the new position and would have never killed herself.

Sandra Bland (left) and Brian Encinia

The trooper was put on desk duty for violating procedures during the stop.