sandra bland is pulled over by state trooper brian encinia. everything seems routine. >> hello, ma'am. the reason for the stop is you failed to signal your lane change. do you have your driver's license and insurance? >> reporter: a few minutes later the situation grows tense. >> you seem very irritated. >> i am. i really am. for what i'm 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 doesn't stop you from giving me a ticket. >> jimmy: then encinia asks bland to put out her cigarette. >> you mind putting out your cigarette, please? >> i'm in my car, why do i have to put out my cigarette? >> you can step on out now. >> i don't have to step out of my car. >> step out of the car. >> why am i -- >> step out of the car. >> no, you don't 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 c

officer encinia has been placed on administrative leave and the head of department of safety says hisonduct during the stop violated approved police procedures. >> one of the many procedures is letting the individual know in terms of what action is going to be taken, okay secondly regardless of the situation it doesn't matter where it happens the state trooper has an obligation to exhibit proofficialism and be curteous throughout the entire contact and that wasn't the case. >> reporter: it should be noted there are several places where the 52 minute video appears to have been edited at one point for example the tow truck driver leaves his truck and walks off screen and then without apparently walking back to the truck leaves the truck again later a passing car disappears and then reappears driving in the same direction. john henry smith, al jazeera. >>> the texas department of public safety insists the video was not edited saying the glitches are do to an up load program they plan to repost the video later today. questions are also being raised about the death of an unarmed black man

bland's sister says that trooper brian encinia was out of control. dashcam video of the arrest shows bland screaming and arguing with encinia, the officer pulls out what appears to be his taser. in an affidavit inzen ya said -- encinia said bland swung her elbows and hit and kicked her. she was arrested after the altercation and found dead in her cell three days later. officials say she hanged herself but the family disputes that and the state and federal investigation is underway. >>> accused south carolina church gunman dylann roof has been slapped with federal hate crime charges and about a dozen other infractions because the grand jury is said to have found enough evidence to indict him. massacre at a south carolina church that killed nine people. he is already facing state charges for those killings. prosecutors have not said whether they will seek the death penalty. his trial is set to begin next july. >>> a silver spring man now being held without bond after he launched a relentless campaign of harassment against his own neighbors for no reaso

at that point, encinia orders bland out of her car. when bland refuses, encinia threatens to forcibly remove her. >> you seem very irritated. >> i really am. i was getting out of your way. you were telling me, so i move over, and you stop me. yeah, i am a little irritated. but that doesn't stop you from giving me a ticket, so. >> are you done? >> you ask me what was wrong and i told you, so now i'm done yes. >> ok. do you mind putting out your cigarette, please? if you don't mind? >> i'm in my car, why do i have to put out my cigarette? >> well, you can step on out now. >> i don't have to. >> step out of the car. >> why -- >> step out of the car. >> you do not have the right to do that. >> i do have the right. nermeen: as the dashcam video continues, officer encinia escalates the situation when he threatens to "light her up" >> why am i being apprehended? >> i am giving you a lawful order. i am going to drag you out of here. >> your threatening to drag me out of my own car. >> get out of the car! i will light you up! amy: a video taken

she is charged with assault but encinia told her she was under arrest before the alleged assault ever happened. >> i don't see anything here for being arrested for the motor vehicle violation. i don't see resisting arrest here. honest it's just all one complaint for assault, of a public servant. got a problem with that. >> reporter: the initial dash cam video released by the texas department of motor vehicles had 0 two anomalies in the video. this car disappearing several times. the tow truck operator jumping from outside to inside. texas authorities say it was an error in uploading. >> it is professionalism. it's everything. and yet, the uploaded something that apparently had flaws. >> reporter: a new version of the video released by texas dps is shorter than the original by three minutes, possibly because of the digital loops in the original video. the new video contains no new information. the altercation between bland and encinia off camera is disturbing. >> slam me knock my head in the ground. i have epilepsy you mother [ bleep ]. >> good. you are going to jail. >> whatever. >> e

you're about to break [ bleep ] stop. >> reporter: in an aft encinia claims bland began swinging her elbows at him and kicked my elbow and shin. images jump several times. a tow truck operator walks off camera and seconds later he reappears to more times. state officials say the video was not edited but there may have been some problems when it was uploaded. bland was found dead in her cell three days after she was arrested. authorities say she hanged herself with a plastic garbage bag. >> it's a little bit of depression as well as ptsd. >> reporter: they admitted online to battling depression but her family does not think she killed herself. at a memorial tuesday night, bland's mother said she believes her daughter was murdered. the f.b.i. is investigating. don champion, cbs news, hempstead, texas. >> the officer has been placed on administrative leave for violating procedures during a traffic stop. the case will go before a grand jury. >>> there is another court date today for the man who landed his gyrocopter on the west lawn of the u.s. capitol. douglas hughes, a former u.s. male

at this point we don't know what that will be. >> reporter: trooper encinia is on administrative leave but the waller county district attorney says they'll ask a grand jury to see if criminal charges are warranted. >> rose: omar villafranca thank you. with all the emotion surrounding this case, we asked a police expert to take a look at the video of the traffic stop and give us his analysis. chip reid has that. >> well, you can step on out now. >> i don't have to step out of my car. >> step out of the car. >> is that a reasonable response from the officer? >> there may be other factors that he's aware of that he thinks the combination of things make her dangerous to me. >> reporter: ron bosko was former assistant director for f.b.i. and now runs a defense fund for police officers. if it was just her failure to put out a cigarette, is that enough to say "step out of the car?" >> i think most courts would say know. it's incumbent upon this officer to understand deescalation, to use verbal techniques or to learn when to become away to, slow down the situation. >> reporter: did he follow t

. >> reporter:texas state trooper brian encinia pulled sandra bland over for allegedly failing to usele. >> reporter:the situation quickly escalated >>officer: get out of the car. i will light you up! get out! >>bland: wow. wow. >>officer: now! get outta the car! >> reporter:a bystander caught video that the dashcam did not of encinia forcibly holding bland down. >> reporter:she was put under arrest and taken to jail. >> reporter:three days later she was found dead in her waller county jail cell. >> reporter:the waller county sheriff's department says she committed suicide. >> reporter:her family believes there is more to the story and wants answers. >>"we want everything that happened from the time that the police interfaced with sandy up until when she was found to have died and beyond to come to light." >> reporter:the texas rangers and the fbi are investigating bland's death - but say it's too early to make any conclusions. >> reporter:on wednesday the texas department of public safety released new dash cam video of bland's arrest. >> reporter:according to the arrest warrant affid

. >>> breaking overnight, more encinia evacuations burning thousands of acres. firefighters work to get the flames under control. >>> a wild scene unfolding on a plane midflight. passengers forced to restrain and tie up the man. >>> and fearless. a woman jumped into a pond after a gator grabs her dog. >> jumped in grabbed the tail pulled him back. >> the fight ending with the alligator on the losing end. >>> well good thursday morning. we begin with the dire new warnings about the threat of isis here in the u.s. attracting thousands of followers through social media. >> the alarming message from the fbi, isis is more of a threat than al qaeda. abc's bazi kanani has more from us from washington. >> reporter: a new warning about the islamic state's new strategy. >> they have invested about the last year in pushing a message of poison. >> reporter: fbi director james comey says isis propaganda spread via a slick social media campaign is working. some 21,000 english speaking followers worldwide. the terrorist group constantly urging those who can't travel to fight w

dash cam video shows texas state plooper brian encinia forcibly removing bland from the car after she objected to putting out her cigarette when he pulled her over for allegedly failing to signal a lane change. her family disputes authorities' claim her death was a suicide. swreel more on sandra bland's funeral and the latest on her case after head leans. a private autopsy is reportedly underway for a native american activist who was found dead in a mississippi jail one day after sandra bland was found dead. rexdale henry died five days afterest arrested for failing to pay a fine. he was held in philadelphia, mississippi, the same jail where three civil rights activists, james chaney, andrew goodman, and mickey schwerner, were held before their murder by the ku klux klan in 1964. the white gunman accused of killing two people in a lafayette, louisiana, movie theater before killing himself has been dived as john russel houser. according to the southern port law center houser lauded longtime ku klux klan leader david duke, expressed interest in white power groups, anti-semitic ideas, an

>> ifill: encinia threatens to drag bland out; she refuses.e pulls his taser. >> get out of the car! i will light you up! get out now! >> ifill: the two can still be heard yelling as the incident continued outside the dashboard camera's range as a second officer apparently arrived on scene. but a bystander filmed this video with a smartphone in which an upset bland can be heard saying the officer threw her to the ground. the trooper has been placed on administrative leave. police officials said he violated traffic-stop procedures. bland was found dead in her jail cell three days later. authorities said she hanged herself with a plastic garbage bag. but family and friends disputed that finding. jailhouse video released monday showed no officers near her cell for 90 minutes before emergency technicians wheeled in a stretcher. waller county's district attorney now say bland's death was "being treated like a murder investigation." today, bland's body was flown back to her home outside chicago, where she'll be buried saturday. her family spoke this

we're live with the latest. >>> breaking overnight, more encinia evacuations burning thousands of acresced to restrain and tie up the man. >>> and fearless. a woman jumped into a pond after a gator grabs her dog. >> jumped in grabbed the tail pulled him back. >> the fight ending with the alligator on the losing end.

>> and then following that initial approach and exchange, officer encinia returns to his vehicle. escalate a short time later when officer encinia approaches bland's vehicle a second time. parts of this video we're about to show you may be disturbing. >> okay, ma'am. are you okay? >> i'm waiting on you. this is your job. i'm waiting on you. >> you seem very irritated. >> i am. i really am. i was getting out of your way, you were speeding up tailing me so i move over and you stop me. so yeah i am a little irritated but that doesn't stop you from giving me a ticket. >> are you done? >> you asked me what was wrong and i told you. >> okay. >> so now i'm done, yeah. >> okay. would you mind putting out your cigarette, please. >> i'm in my car, why do i have to put out my cigarette? >> you can step on out now. >> i don't have to step out of the car. >> step out of the car. >> why am i -- >> step out of the car. >> you don't have the right -- >> step out of the car. >> you do not have the right to do this. >> i do have the right. step out or i will remove you. >> i refuse to talk to you.

amy: in the video, officer encinia then appears to pull out a taser and threatens to "light her up." >> i am going to drag you out of here. >> your threatening to drag me out of my own car? >> get out of your car! i will light you up! amy: in a later section of the video, which previously came to light after it was filmed by a bystander, bland accuses the officer of slamming her head into the ground and says, "i can't even hear." she also tells the trooper she has epilepsy and he replies, "good." some have claimed the footage released by authorities appears to have been edited. three days after her arrest, sandra bland was found dead in her jail cell. the trooper has been placed on administrative duties for the do -- duration of the investigation into sandra bland's death, which the district attorney's office is treating like "a murder investigation." on tuesday, texas state senator royce west told reporters that the newly released dash cam footage shows that bland should never have been arrested in the first place. meanwhile, at sandra bland's memorial service tuesday, her mother, g

officer encinia having made another traffic stop in which he issued a warning. bland's car is the white one see there. it is not long before her car makes a lane change without signaling. a matter which becomes a key part of the interaction. about 2:30 after she pulls over and after the officer has asked for her drivers license and returned to his car, the officer goes back to bland's vehicle and the following exchange takes place. >> are you okay? >> i'm waiting on you. >> you seem very irritated. >> i really am. i was getting out of your way. you were speeding up, tailing me. i moved over and you stopped me. so yeah. i am a little irritated. but that doesn't stop you from getting me a ticket. so -- >> are you done? >> you asked me what's wrong and i told you. so now i'm done. yeah. >> okay. do you mind putting out your cigarette, please? >> i'm in my car. why do i have to put out my cigarette? >> well, you can step out of the car. >> step out of the car. step out of the car. >> you don't have the right. >> step out of the car. >> you do not have the right to d

trooper brian encinia takes sandra bland's license. when he returns after about five minutes -- >> you okay? >> reporter: the tone shifts. >> you mind putting out your cigarette, please? if you don't mind. >> i'm in my car. why do i have to put out my cigarette? >> well, you can step on out now. >> i don't have to step out of my car. >> step out of the car. >> reporter: a little more than a minute later after issuing what he calls a lawful order for her to exit her vehicle the trooper pulls out what appears to be a stun gun. >> get out of the car! >> and then you're going to stun me? >> get out! now! >> wow. wow. >> get out of the car! >> reporter: after they move out of the view of the dash cam things get physical. >> you're about to break my wrist. can you stop? >> reporter: in court documents the arresting officer said he handcuffed bland, who "began swinging her elbows at me and kicked my right leg." the episode lasted about 15 minutes. nbc news has edited it in part. cell phone video shot by a bystander shows bland on the ground.

jail cell began with her sedan making a right turn followed quickly by a u-turn by officer brian encinia who sped up and within 17 seconds got close behind her in the left lane. bland moved to the right lane and that's when he stopped her. >> you seem very irritated. >> i really am. i was getting out of your way. you were speeding up so i moved over and you stopped me. yeah, i am a little irritated, but that doesn't stop you from giving me a ticket. >> are you done? >> you asked me what was wrong, and i told you. now i'm done, yeah. >> okay. do you mind putting out your cigarette please, if you don't mind? >> i'm in my car. why do i have to put out my cigarette? >> you can step on out now. >> i don't have to. >> step out of the car. >> why am i -- >> step out of the car. >> as bland continued to refuse the officer's lawful command, he pulled his taser. >> i will light you up. get out. >> wow. >> get out now. >> wow. >> get out of the car. >> for failure for signal all of this for a failure to signal. >> right, yeah let's take this court. let's do it for failure to signal. for failure to

reporter: this information was released as video of bland's arrest from texas state trooper brian encinia's dash cam gains attention. >> well, you seem very irritated. >> i am. i really am. >> reporter: the trooper asked bland to put out her cigarette. she refused. the situation escalated. >> step out of the car. >> you do not have the right to do that. >> step out, or i will remove you. i'm giving you a lawful order. get out of the car now, or i'm going to remove you. >> reporter: seconds later the officer pointed his stun gun at bland. >> you're threatening to drag me out of my own car. >> get out of the car. i will light you up. get out! >> reporter: former nypd detective nick cassell told us the trooper crossed the line. >> it appears that he's starting now to climb the mountain of escalation in this situation. >> reporter: bland's family is infuriated. >> i simply feel like the officer was picking on her point-blank, period. >> reporter: how the traffic stop ended with an arrest even seemed to baffle bland. ktrk-tv obtained a voice mail believed to be bland calling a friend from jail.

the local police chief admits the officer brian encinia did not follow the correct procedures. >> regardlessation it doesn't matter where it happens, dps state trooper has to be professionalism and courteous through the contract and that is not the problem of what happened. >> reporter: some people find the video by texas police uncomfortable to watch and some of the most dramatic parts take place off camera making it even harder to ascertain what is happening. three days later sandra is found dead in her police cell. >> the medical examiner's office listed the manner of death as suicide suicide. [chanting] not the way her family and friends see it. at a memorial service on tuesday sandra's mom had this to say. >> that was my baby. >> yeah. >> she wasn't a convict, she wasn't a suspect she was my baby. >> yeah. >> the real issue here is something occurred that is going to change the world. >> reporter: her family insists she couldn't have been suicidal because she was excited about starting a new job. sandra brand's death has added to the tense race relations in america. >> we are in a state

trooper brian encinia became more agitated here. get out of the car. i will light you up.et out, now. >> wow wow. >> get out of the car. get over there. >> so that trooper is now on administrative duty while authorities conduct an investigation. nbc news has learned the texas department of public safety is looking into possible edits to that tape. bland was charged with assault. there is a massive outcry over how she was treated during that stop. and the fact that she was found dead days later. >>> we could learn more about how three people died in police custody. three tied in separate incidents over the last three years. no one was charged when they died. according to the baltimore sun, they're asking the state attorney's office to reopen the cases. >> you know six police officers are now facing charges for freddie gray's death in april. now their lawyers are demanding to see the other side's investigation into what happened. according to the baltimore sun, defense lawyers want a judge to subpoena the prosecution in that case. prosecutors say they're not legally required

. >> reporter: trooper brian encinia approaches her car. >> the reason for your stop is you failed tog tense. >> you seem very irritated. >> i am. i really am. >> reporter: he asks her to put out her cigarette. >> would you mind putting out your cigarette, please, if you don't mind? >> i'm in my car. why do i have to put out my my cigarette? >> reporter: and when she refuses -- >> step out of the car. >> you do not have the right to do that. >> reporter: -- the situation escalates. >> step out or i will remove you. i'm giving you a lawful order. get out of the car now or i'm going to remove you. >> and i'm calling my lawyer. >> i'm going to yank you out of here. >> okay. you're going to yank me out of my car? >> get out. >> all right, okay, let's do this. >> reporter: then moments later, the officer points his stun gun at her. >> i'm giving you a lawful order. i'm going to drag you out of here. >> you're going to drag me out of my own car? >> get out of the car! i will light you up! >> wow. >> now! >> wow. >> reporter: former nypd detective nicholas casales tells us the trooper crosse

texas state trooper brian encinia forcibly removed bland from her car after she objected to putting out her cigarette when he pulled her over for allegedly failing to signal a lane change. authorities say she killed herself in jail. it is a claim her family disputes. the lawyers will have access to evidence, the ability to subpoena witnesses and the power to recommend criminal charges to waller county district attorney elton mathis. if mathis fails to take up any possible recommended charges the committee of lawyers can instead present their recommendations to a grand jury. so far, two lawyers have been appointed to the panel. both are african american. bree newsome, the african-american activist who scaled the flagpole and removed the confederate flag from the south carolina state capitol after the shooting of nine african-american churchgoers has been scheduled for a trial in november. newsome and jimmy tyson, the white activist who helped her, have been charged with defacing state property, which can carry three years in prison and a $5,000 fine. they had their first appearance in co

>> reporter: trooper brian encinia says that she was arrested for assault on a public servant and shegan swinging with her elbows after she was removed from the car which is not captured on video. but a cell phone did pick up part of the exchange that was caught off of the dash camera. investigators say they are trying to access to sandra bland's cell phone that may have captured parts of the arrest. >> for a failure to signal. >> it's so different to watch. thanks to ryan young for that report. >>> military officials are praising the heroism of marines who risked their lives to save others during last week's shooting rampage. one general says that their immediate actions that day saved lives. >> our marines reacted the way you would expect. rapidly going from room to room they got their fellow marines to safety. once they had gotten to safety some willingly ran back into the fight. >> and mohammad abdulazeez is accused of killing the servicemen and it is believed he acted on his own during the shooting spree. >>> we knew this was going to happen because u.s. presidential candidate do

seven hours of video shows sandra fwland the intake room with the initial arresting trooper, brian enciniamployee and the female police officer who escorted sandra bland out of the car at the jail. the video shows sandra bland having her mug shot taken. her time in a holding cell and making what officials say was at least six phone calls at the booking desk outside of her jail cell. there was no video of sandra bland in her jail cell however. sandra bland was arrested during a traffic stop for failure to signal for a lane change on july 10th and found dead in her cell three days later. >> there's no footage that indicates to me that miss bland was treated unfairly or was mishandled or mistreated in any way shape or form while the waller county jail. >> coming up this is what newt gingrich tweeted today about zimbabwe's most famous lion. the entire team that killed the lion cecil should go to jail using illegal methods to hunt an an animal. 2008 court records show walter palmer pleaded guilty to making a false statement to federal officials after he killed a black bear outside of an authori

encinia. you can see how this routine traffic stop turned so wrong, so quickly. >> why am i being apprehended? >> i'm going to drag you out of here. >> you are going to drag me out of my own car. >> get out of your car. i will write you up. now. >> wow. >> they walk out of the view of the dash cam and according to his affidavit she kicked and elbowed him. >> she was placed in the waller county jail where she was found dead in her sale. >> her family has questioned the official version of her death. >> why is it a 28-year-old woman who received two job offers would take her own life? >> the family has returned to chicago and will be buried on saturday. >> tonight as three investigations unfold, the waller county sheriffs office released medical evaluation forms apparently filled out by a deputy the day sandra bland was arrested. the yes box is checked. next to the question taking medication. but no medications are listed. next to the question, are you thinking of killing yourself today? the no

. >> reporter: texas state trooper brian encinia said bland kicked him in the leg during the incidentws edited excerpts. >> once each fuse is lit, it's not good. >> reporter: we watched the too with houston defense attorney rusty hardin who is a farmer prosecutor. >> she's not entitled to physically resist him but he has got certain responsibilities to make this situation not escalate out of control. >> i will light you up. get out. >> wow. >> now. >> wow. >> get out of the car. >> wow. for failure for signal. >> he knows traffic encounters in-depth something bad. >> they're not asking for the body to be returned to texas, they're not asking for a second autopsy. they say that with the family's cooperation, this is something that could be done quickly in the chicago area and need not delay sandra bland's funeral which is asked fouled for saturday. the bland family attorney says it does not give him confidence in this investigation. andrea? >> john yang, thanks so much. and the naacp legal defense and education fund is among many groups demanding a full investigation into just how sand

. >> reporter: trooper encinia arrests her. >> you just slam me and knock me. got epilepsy you [ bleep ] >> good, good. >> reporter: moments later this cell phone video from a bystander. >> you just slammed my head into the ground. do you not even care about that? >> reporter: in arrest affidavit obtained by abc news the trooper saying even in handcuffs bland began swinging her elbows at me and then kicked my right leg in the shin. the dash cam video fueling controversy online some asking if portions were edited. take a look. this tow truck driver gets out of the truck and walks off screen. he then reappears moments later walking out of the truck again with the same cars passing as before. this morning, abc news also obtaining this footage inside the cell where she would be found dead three days later on her mattress a bible and a book, "101 ways to find god's purpose for your life." her three-day stay in jail ended in her death a garbage bag around her neck. this surveillance cam showing what happened when police found her. during that dash cam video bland com