Sandra Bland, who was found dead in a jail cell July 13, had kicked a Texas trooper who used force to subdue then arrest her three days earlier, according to the officer’s affidavit released Tuesday.
The death of Bland, whose body was found in a Waller County jail cell here, is being investigated as a homicide, officials said Tuesday. A preliminary autopsy classified her death as a suicide, but her family and supporters have challenged the official finding and will have an expert perform a second autopsy.
The case has become the latest in a string of deadly encounters between African Americans and police.