The passengers screaming for the driver to stop. Why he could not change course. Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. We have two major new developments in the case of that mysterious death in a texas jail cell. For the first time you will hear from sandra bland in her own words, the phone call she made from that jail asking for help before she was found dead. Also tonight here the part of the dash cam video the public had not seen of that traffic stop until now. Tonight you will see and hear the escalation as it unfolds, what the officer ordered her to do how she responded. Her family late today saying they are appalled by what they saw. Abcs ryan smith leading us off. Reporter from the local sheriff tonight, an explosive admission. On the day sandra bland was put in this cell, she actually told her jailers she had previously attempted suicide, leading to new questions about whether she was watched closely enough. Also tonight, the phone call. And
Of a controversial traffic stop in texas that ended with the arrest of a black woman by a white Police Officer. The woman was later found hanging in her cell, and now we have learned jailers knew she was a suicide risk. We have two reports beginning with Omar Villafranca. Reporter when 28yearold sandra bland was placed into cell 95 at the Waller County jail, there is now evidence her guards knew she had attempted suicide before. According to the sheriffs office, on a jail intake form, she checked yes when asked whether she had tried to kill herself in the last year. Surveillance video from the jail shows guards violated policy by not doing an inperson check on bland hourly, including the morning she was found dead in her cell. Police say she hanged herself from a partition using a plastic bag from the garbage can. Cannon lambert is the family attorney. This family has no evidence that that is the case. None. We know for a certainty that when she went into that jail, she was ecstatic. R
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