Texas Trooper Who Arrested Sandra Bland Formally Fired

The Texas Department of Public Safety trooper who arrested Sandra Bland — a 28-year-old black woman who later was found dead in the Waller County jail — has been formally fired, three months after a grand jury indicted him on a perjury charge related to the arrest. For the Class A misdemeanor, Brian Encina faces a $4,000 fine and up to a year in the same jail where Sandra Bland died.