By CBS Austin
This Saturday, July 13, (click here) has been declared Sandra Bland Day, for the city of Austin.
Austin Mayor Steve Adler made the proclamation.
In July 2015, DPS trooper Brian Encinia stopped Bland in Waller County for not using her turn signal when changing lanes while she was driving. The interaction escalated quickly, with Encinia pulling Bland out of the car and arresting her for assaulting a public servant.
The 28-year-old black woman from Illinois was found dead in her Waller County jail cell three days later. Her death was ruled a suicide by hanging....
This type of commemoration just might work. It is unusual, but, if a city is to change it's ways this is one way to make an impression on the people and their officers.
