Suit against state trooper Brian Encinia alleges wrongful death
‘This family just wants to know what happened,’ says lawyer
The family of Sandra Bland has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the state trooper who arrested her, and against other officials they believe contributed to her death in a small-town Texas jail on 13 July.
The suit, and filed on Tuesday,claims that Bland wrongfully died. “Her constitutional rights were violated,” Cannon Lambert, or the family’s attorney,said. The legal action is an attempt to force more transparency from officials, he said.
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Source: theguardian.com