No Indictments Issued In Sandra Bland Case

No Indictments Issued In Sandra Bland Case

A grand jury met for eight hours today to deliberate on the death of Sandra Bland while in Waller County police custody last July. Ultimately, not one indictment was doled out. Via CNN:

A grand jury has decided not to indict anyone in the case of Sandra Bland, whose death in police custody raised questions of excessive force and the role of race.

The grand jury met for more than eight hours Monday.

“After reviewing all the evidence in the death of Sandra Bland, a Waller grand jury did not return an indictment in the death of Bland, nor were any indictments returned against any employee of the Waller County Jail,” said Darrell Jordan, a special prosecutor handling the case.

The grand jury will reconvene in January to consider other indictments.

Bland, an African-American woman, was found dead in her cell three days after she was arrested for allegedly failing to use her turn signal on July 10. She was 28.

Officials in Waller County, Texas, have said she hanged herself with a plastic bag. Her family and others have questioned that account.

SMH. We aren’t shocked…but it’s still a disheartening outcome.