Jail where woman died releases video
HEMPSTEAD, Texas – A police dashboard video released Tuesday shows how a routine traffic stop escalated into a shouting confrontation between a Texas state trooper and a woman who was later found dead in her jail cell.
The video posted by the Texas Department of Public Safety on its website shows the trooper stopping Sandra Bland for failure to signal a lane change.
After he hands her a ticket, the trooper remarks that Bland seemed irritated.
Bland replies that she is irritated because she had changed lanes to make way for the trooper’s car.
California interstate to partially reopen
LOS ANGELES – The main highway connecting California and Arizona, which has been closed since flash flooding damaged several bridges, will reopen to limited traffic Friday, transportation officials said.
The California Department of Transportation had expected the closure of Interstate 10 near the town of Desert Center to last weeks, but officials said Tuesday that work was progressing fast enough that a limited reopening was possible sooner.
Associated Press
