![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Get out of the car or I will remove you," he replied. "I'm getting removed for a failure to signal?" she asked. "Step out or I will remove you," he said. Contrary to arresting officer's affidavit that Bland "was swinging her elbows at me and then kicked my right leg in the shin," causing "pain in my right leg and small cuts on my right hand," the video clearly shows Brian Encinia being unnecessarily hostile to Bland - who is, by her own admission, annoyed that he had tailed her until he could manufacture a reason for pulling her over.Įncinia aggressively enters her vehicle, telling her that he will "yank you out of her" if she doesn't comply with his directive "to step out of the car." Given what wasn't edited out of the video, contemplating whatever was is a harrowing proposition. The Texas Department of Safety said that they will look into what they were calling "alleged" edits, but as "Selma" director Ava DuVernay noted, anyone who trusts their eyes can tell that the footage has been doctored: This doctoring is so laughably obvious as to be barely removed from someone using MS Paint to copy-paste a gun onto the image of a suspect to justify the use of lethal force. At multiple points in the video, the audio continues uninterrupted while the images repeat like a glitch in "The Matrix" - the reappearances of a tow truck driver and a white car are particularly obvious. "No one should be yanked from her car, thrown to the ground, assaulted and arrested for a minor traffic stop."īut the fact that the video - which the Waller County Sheriff's Department dragged its feet for days before releasing - was clearly manipulated is likely to embolden those calling for the Justice Department to launch a formal investigation. "This video of the arrest of Sandra Bland shows totally outrageous police behavior," he said. The video that was released is objectionable on its face, without the dubious edits, as Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders noted. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., have called the Sanders campaign visit on Monday to Arpaio’s infamous outdoor detention center, Tent City, a media ploy.After days of promising to do so, the Waller County Sheriff's Office finally released video of Sandra Bland's arrest taken by the arresting officer's dashcam - but the footage has been clearly and clumsily edited and looped, with tow truck drivers and white cars reappearing while the audio continues uninterrupted. They have criticized Sanders for voting in 2006 for an amendment that would expand lengthy detentions of some undocumented immigrants.Īnd other Clinton supporters, including U.S. Sanders’ challenge to Arpaio, harsher than his stump speech at a Tuesday rally in Phoenix, comes after Arizona supporters of Hillary Clinton have come down on the anti-establishment candidate for his immigration stances. Sanders spoke to the crowd, which included university students from nearby Northern Arizona University, and residents of Flagstaff and the Navajo Reservation, for about 50 minutes. The crowds were estimated by resort officials. Another 1,900 people who couldn't fit in the ballroom at the Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort near Flagstaff listened to Sanders address them from outside the venue. The crowd of about 900 erupted in cheers. “If I am elected president - the president of the United States does have power. “It’s easy for bullies like Sheriff Arpaio to pick on people who have no power,” Sanders said. senator from Vermont said Arpaio’s arrests of undocumented immigrants, often separating families, were “outrageous and unconscionable.” PHOENIX - Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders ripped into Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio at a rally in northern Arizona on Thursday, after facing criticism from the Clinton campaign for an encounter Sanders’ wife had with the immigration-hardliner sheriff. Watch Video: Sanders: 'We have defied all expectations' ![]()
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