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Her loved ones sharing their anguish for the first time arguing that the arresting officer overstepped his bounds. Heres abcs ryan smith. Reporter it was an ordinary traffic stop that escalated into this. Get out of the car i will light you up. Get out wow. Now reporter the trooper arrests 28yearold sandra bland. Three days later, shes found hanging in her jail cell, a garbage bag around her neck. The ultimate question, how did someone involved in a minor traffic stop end up dead in a jail cell . The mystery began late friday afternoon. Sandra bland is pulled over by state trooper brian encinia. Everything seems routine. Hello, maam. The reason for the stop is you failed to signal your lane change. Do you have your drivers license and insurance . Reporter a few minutes later the situation grows tense. You seem very irritated. I am. I really am. For what im getting a ticket for. I was getting out of your way. You were speeding up, tailing me, so i moved over and you stopped me. So yeah, i am a little irritated but that doesnt stop you from giving me a ticket. Jimmy then encinia asks bland to put out her cigarette. You mind putting out your cigarette, please . Im in my car, why do i have to put out my cigarette . You can step on out now. I dont have to step out of my car. Step out of the car. Why am i step out of the car. No, you dont have the right step out of the car. You do not have the right to do that. I do have the right. Now step out or i will remove you. I refuse reporter he reaches for bland in the car. When she doesnt step out get out of the car then you going to stun me . I will light you up, get out now wow. Now reporter she gets out of the car, arguing about his tactics. All the while trying to catch her interaction with the officer on her cell phone. Put your phone down reporter offcamera the officer is heard yelling at bland to cooperate. Put your phone down reporter she is still cursing and screaming. When he forcibly restrains her. Youre about to break my wrist, cant you stop . You are [ bleep ] break my wrist, stop reporter a female officer was on the scene also restrains bland. Stop resisting, maam. That make you feel real good, youre a real man now you slammed me knocked my head in the ground i got epilepsy you [ bleep ] good, good. You should have thought about that before you started resisting. Reporter a bystander captures her being pinned to the ground. Send me a first available for arrest. Reporter bland is arrested for assaulting a Public Servant and taken to county jail. This incident has reignited a national controversy. A minor traffic infraction should not turn into death reporter tensions high after a slew of recent cases involving accusations of police using Excessive Force on africanamericans. There have been enough situations that weve seen in media now that would give us pause when interacting with Police Officers because there is potential in which things go horribly wrong, and yes, we could be killed. Reporter at issue was sandra bland out of line . Or did officer encinia go too far . Sandra bland was very combative. It was not a model traffic stop. And it was not a model person that was stopped on a traffic stop. Reporter in an arrest affidavit the officer says bland became combative and uncooperative and that force was used to subdue bland to the ground which bland continued to fight back. Adding, bland began swinging her elbows at me then kicked my right leg in the shin. The bland familys lawyer disputing the officers account. This happened because an officer was overzealous. This happened because an officer decided that he wished to overstep his authority. Reporter the day after her arrest, this voice mail believed to be bland calling a friend from jail distraught. Im im still just at a loss for words, honestly, about the process. How this switching lanes with no signal turned into all this, i dont even know. Reporter but just two days later, sandra bland is found dead. The Waller County Sheriffs Office reporting she was found in her cell not breathing. The medical examination calling her death a suicide by hanging. Attempts were made to resuscitate her, which were unsuccessful. Reporter her family doesnt buy this account, commissioning an independent autopsy. Sandy was a social activist. Social activists dont take their own life. Particularly in jail. My goal is to racially unite. Reporter sandra bland was a social media activist. Black lives matter. Reporter regularly posting videos about race and injustice. Family and friends say she had just moved to texas, accepting a new job at her alma mater, prairie view a m university. What raises questions is why it is that a 28yearold woman who had received two job offers would take her own life. Reporter but this video that bland posted to youtube just months ago shows a different side. I am suffering from something that some of you all may be dealing with right now. Its a little bit of depression as well as ptsd. We take issue with the notion that she was suffering from depression. She was never clinically diagnosed as this family understands. Reporter on an intake form it is noted that sandra said she had attempted suicide within the last year, using pills. But when asked if she was feeling suicidal today, sandra responded no, leading to new questions about whether she was watched closely enough. Tonight, many are blaming the officer. Including her family. Saying sandra bland should never have been arrested in the first place. She was pulled over for something so insignificant, and because of an officer who felt like maybe his ego was bruised reporter former nypd detective nick casol said though bland was arguing with the officer, reaching into the car went too far. Hes crossed the rubicon. Now hes taken this as a personal issue. Now whos going to win . This is just deteriorating. Its as we say in brooklyn, its only going to get worser. This didnt need to happen. She didnt need to get in an argument with the Police Officer, and the officer didnt need to yank her out of that car. Stand right there dont touch me this is a valuable lesson on the importance of having cameras in police cars. Without that camera there, im certain we would have heard much more conflicting stories about what happened. Reporter the texas rangers, along with the fbi, are investigating the circumstances leading up to sandras death. Trooper encinia has been assigned to administrative duties for violations of Department Procedures regarding traffic stops. I dont think hes going to face any criminal charges. Reporter sandras life is over. Her dreams, her future, gone in a jail cell. Shes gone from us. But the conversation should not die with her. Reporter for nightline, im ryan smith in new york. Our thanks to ryan smith. Of course abc news will continue to track all the developments on this story. Up next bull riding rock music, even light shows. This pastor will do almost anything to get people in the door. Plus, why actor Anthony Geary is bidding farewell to General Hospital after almost four decades. I sure had a lot on my mind when i got out of the hospital after a dvt blood clot. What about my family . My lil buddy . And what if this happened again . I was given warfarin in the hospital but i wondered if this was the right treatment for me. Then my doctor told me about eliquis. Eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. Not only does eliquis treat dvt and pe blood clots but eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. Knowing eliquis had both. Turned around my thinking. Dont stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. 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Riding this bull for jesus. I dont have very many talents other than riding stuff that bucks or playing music. Ive used them both to spread the gospel. And try to bring people to jesus. Reporter he and his wife have two sons. Bishop is the pastor of Solid Rock Church in monroe, ohio. The one with the 52foot statue of jesus. A whole barnful of bulls . Yes, sir. Reporter welcoming new believers is what the bull riding things all about. A gimmick to get people through the door . The bible said, compel them to come in. So thats what were doing. Didnt say how to compel them. Reporter the battle to win souls is fiercely competitive. A recent pew survey found that 23 of the population is unaffiliated with any organized faith. Jesus reporter solid rock is not your typical church. Solid rock is fun. We call our church an extreme church because we dont do anything just normal. Reporter thats darlene bishop, the pastors mom. She and her husband lawrence sr. Founded solid rock 40 years ago. The bishops started off in the horse business. The lb ranch, one of the nations foremost breeders of american Quarter Horses. The church came later. She lives in the lavish ranch house she built with her husband overlooking the horse farm. Help yourself. Can i get anybody anything . Reporter now christians in every way. Lord, thank you for this food, thank you for this day, help souls to be saved and keep everyone safe, especially me, in jesus name we pray, amen. My husband used to say, the seven last words of a dying church is never seen it done this way before. When your son said hes going to actually build the ring in the church, whatd you think . I thought he was crazy. Reporter crazy seems to be a daily occurrence here. For instance, cameras were rolling as one of the horses wound up in the swimming pool. Come on, get me a knife reporter he was trying to walk across the cover when the cover gave way. Hopelessly tangled, the horse at risk of drowning. Swim reporter pastor bishop appears to walk on water like the savior himself. You baptized your horse. Baptized the horse i sold to another preacher. I told him, you dont have to baptize the horse, its already been baptized. Im the preachers wife. Reporter shes also an artist who launched a business designing ultramodern pulpits, light displays and crosses. She welds them herself. This family seems like it could be a good reality show. After the horse fell in the pool yesterday . I would have to agree with you. Reporter the church is not without controversy. For instance, theres a bizarre urban legend that persists in these parts that Lawrence Bishop senior first made his fortune smuggling cocaine in the Quarter Horses and that the giant jesus statue is packed with white powder. Any truth there . Zero. My dad, he did two things in his life. Work, and church. That was it. That big statue of jesus is not full of cocaine . If it is, we have the Dumbest Police department in history. Reporter the congregation is 3,000 strong. One of the most racially mixed churches youll ever see. Half the crowd is black. Everyones welcome. Well, not everyone. The church is very outspoken on the issue of samesex marriage. We love homosexuals. I had an uncle that was homosexual that died of aids. Deeply loved him. But we do not agree with homosexuality because the bible is against it. And we have to the bible is against eating shellfish. No, youre talking about in the old law. I dont remember jesus talking anywhere in the gospels about homosexuality. Its in romans, leviticus, and jesus mentioned marriage in the bible. It was always a man and a woman. Reporter the ministry constantly coming up with creative ways to connect. The bible says he that winneth souls is wise. So these bulls are going to attract people that otherwise would never set foot in a churchhouse. Reporter this isnt bishops first rodeo. Before he took over his dads church, he was a professional bull rider. But that was years ago. What are you most worried about . Pulling a groin muscle. My 48yearold body is not like my 28yearold body. Reporter when it comes time for the big event, the church is packed. A lot of new faces here. Ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause reporter finally, the moment of truth. Pastor lawrence has got to hang on for eight seconds. Lets go bull ride reporter he lasts about three. Everyone in the house is saying their prayers at this point. Finally, battered and bruised, the cowboy preacher climbs back up to safety. Want to see it again . Reporter and in a truly impressive example of grace under pressure, he manages to give his sermon. Repent and be baptized do you want to know jesus . Reporter when it comes time for the altar call, the response is huge. 300 or so new believers ready to be baptized. Surrender to jesus what happened at the altar is worth it, ill do it again. Reporter an unconventional approach fraught with danger. But at the Solid Rock Church, seems to be reaping results. Im david wright for nightline in monroe, ohio. Up next, General Hospitals Anthony Geary on his 37year evolution as luke spencer, from dark and dangerous to dreamy. Severe Crohns Disease is tough but ive managed. Except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. And when i finally told my doctor, he said humira is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe Crohns Disease. And that in clinical studies the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief. And many achieved remission. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. 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When you spend 37 years playing the same character on one of televisions most beloved soap operas, stepping off the set is bound to stir up soap operalevel emotions. Tonight, actor Anthony Geary, also known as General Hospitals luke spencer, tells aditi roy about the show that won him eight emmy awards and legions of fans. Reporter thats a wrap for one of soap operas most famous leading men. After 37 years on set, actor Anthony Geary is leaving General Hospital. Im going to have to find out where im going on my own. Reporter and leaving behind luke spencer. He was not created to be a heroic character. He was created to be an antihero. I killed my father reporter the brash and sassy luke good morning, beautiful reporter winning geary a record eight daytime emmy awards. Luke . I love you. Reporter perhaps most well known for being one half of the season super couple luke and laura. What was special about luke and laura . The relationship between luke and laura was always very real. Reporter their lavish onscreen wedding in 1981, 30 Million People tuning in. The highest audience in daytime television history. But their epic romance begins in a disturbing place when a young luke sexually assaults laura. Do you think that would fly today . Not the way it was initially sold. I dont think so. Why did their relationship end . If you look at the way it started it was fated to end badly in itself. You cant just have them go off into the sunset together. Reporter now just in time to see him off, Jeannie Francis returning to the series as laura. I dont regret our life together. Not for an instant. Reporter gearys current onscreen Love Interest is tracy quartermain played by jane elliot. I was the lucky one. Tracy cant see her life without him, jane cant see her life without him. Reporter geary is looking to his next chapter, moving to amsterdam fulltime. Life without luke perhaps his greatest challenge yet. Act 3, curtain up, and im there, center stage. 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