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Texas Officials Release Video in Jailhouse Death Case

Relatives, friends and civil rights activists are demanding more information about the death of an African-American woman who was stopped for a traffic violation in Waller County, Texas, and was found dead in her jail cell three days later in what was initially called a suicide. The sheriff's office has released video from a jail camera that shows the area outside the cell where Sandra Bland died. VOA’s Greg Flakus reports.

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