A wrongful death lawsuit filed by Sandra Bland’s family was settled for $1.9 million, a family attorney announced on Sept. 15.
Sandra Bland was a 28-year-old African-American woman pulled over by a state trooper in Waller County, Texas, for failing to signal before she changed lanes.
When Bland made an attempt to record the state trooper’s interaction with her, she was arrested. Three days later she was found dead in her cell by hanging. Her death sparked protests and suspicions of wrongdoing by the police department.
Brian Ecinia, the state trooper who arrested her, was fired from the police force in Dec. 2015, but a grand jury ultimately ruled to not charge anyone for Bland’s death.
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