A grand jury in Texas has decided not to return any indictments for the jail cell death of Sandra Bland, a special prosecutor said Monday.
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A grand jury agreed that no one should be indicted for the death of 28-year-old Sandra Bland, who died inside a Texas jail cell this summer, a special prosecutor said Monday.
No one at the Waller County Jail, including officers, guards and jailers, will be indicted for the death of the 28-year-old. The grand jury will convene in January to review whether misdemeanor charges should be brought against the trooper that arrested Bland, Prosecutor Darrell Jorden said, according to the Associated Press.
Bland was pulled over by a state trooper on July 10 after allegedly failing to signal before changing lanes. Police dashcam showed Bland became confrontational with the trooper and was arrested for assault on a public servant.
Three days after her arrest, Bland was found dead inside her jail cell.
Waller County sheriff officials said in July they believed Bland wanted to kill herself and died in her jail cell by asphyxiation from a trash bag. District Attorney Elton Mathis, however, said authorities would investigate the death as a murder.
The case gained national attention as Bland's family publicly questioned whether the woman's death was a suicide. Public interest increased after a video of a hostile arrest was released, with officers holding Bland down as she yelled.
A woman holds a poster bearing the portrait of Sandra Bland.
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