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Brian Encinia

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Brain Encinia is a Texas State trooper who pulled over Sandra Bland for a minor traffic infraction. After an altercation with Encinia, Bland was arrested for resisting arrest. Three days later she killed herself in her cell.

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7 Jan, 2016

Charged with perjury

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Encinia is charged with perjury. The prosecutor says the grand jury didn’t believe Encinia’s statement that he took Bland from the car she was driving so he could conduct a safer traffic investigation.

The indictment was issued in reference to the reasoning that (Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia) removed her from her vehicle.

The penalty for perjury, a Class A misdemeanor, is up to a year in jail and up to a $4,000 fine.