If Ava DuVernay, who directed the Oscar-nominated movie about the Civil Rights Movement, Selma, is correct, things could be getting worse for Texas state police. DuVernay makes a very convincing claim that the dashboard video showing Sandra Bland’s arrest was doctored.
Bland, at 28-years-old, was from Illinois but had just moved to Texas to start a new job. She was pulled over for a traffic signal violation and ultimately arrested. She ended up dying in jail and the police called it suicide. There is dash cam video of the arrest. The entire video is over 52 minutes long and it shows the Trooper Brian Encinia becoming belligerent over Bland’s refusal to put out a cigarette. He is seen pulling her out of her car and threatening to “light (her) up” with a taser. Here it is:
That video is bad enough, but here’s what DuVernay tweeted about it:
I edit footage for a living. But anyone can see that this official video has been cut. Read/watch. Why? #SandraBland http://t.co/2JXy9Zc4Y3
— Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) July 22, 2015
She also posted a link from writer and journalist Ben Norton, who said the same thing. There are several edited parts, according to Norton.
A man leaves the truck in the center of the frame at 25:05. For the next 15 seconds, he walks toward the right of the frame and leaves. At 25:19, he suddenly appears again, promptly disappears, then returns at 25:22. The same footage of him walking is subsequently repeated.
There are also cars that disappear suddenly, then just as suddenly, reappear. There are several loops, where they repeat the footage. After watching Norton’s videos, it’s easy even for a video editing novice to see that it was edited. Here are his videos:
For much of the video, Encinia was out of the picture. We may never know what was happening during those edited frames and while we couldn’t see him.
Featured image via CNN video screen capture
i have been trying to puzzle out why they would edit this and why they
would need to put in extra frames… i mean why bother just edit the bad
stuff out.. i bet the camera records how much time it was on and that
time is prolly recorded officially.. therefore the record would show a 52 min video..they have to return a 52 min video as evidence if needed… if its short mins its
tampered with… so they cut out compromising conversation then add
frames to fill out for whats cut and voila its a 52 min video again. this would also explain the soundless last 3 mins.
then they prey no one sits thru the whole damned thing..
Kevin, stop betting. Stay in your ‘bet’ lane. Not slamming you, however, you are in an arena with nothing but supposition. There are NO dissolves or other effects in raw video. It is as simple as that. No more overthink, OK?
Hehehe, so funny how you libtards got your lil panties in a twist over this disrespectful, non-compliant hoebag’s well-deserved arrest and subsequent suicide. Guess what? She’d attempted suicide before, it’s front page news on NBC right now. Move along, nothing to see here.
Classy talk right here…
So says the low class dirtbag…
Says the doofus who believes that black people don’t have to follow the same laws the rest of us do.
Hey religion&stupidity…you are a racist…how hard is it for you to own that? All your other comments are just uninteresting chatter…
Awww, look at the little buffoon, so cute! Can’t figure out any other reason that someone would disagree with you, so you gotta pull out the race card. How original.
“Can’t figure out any other reason that someone would disagree with you, so you gotta pull out the race card.”
Lets take a look, shall we?
“Is it a cultural thing? Make you feel more Thuug Life by shouting at the world?”
“every one of these other black lives that supposedly mattered”
Doesn’t sound like they’re pulling the racist accusation out of thin air, does it?
You people are so racist yourselves that you see racism EVERYWHERE. My objections to this bullcrap have nothing whatsoever to do with the color of your skin, and everything to do with your ridiculous behavior. This is yet another cop-out by people who don’t want to have to take responsibility for their own actions, so they blame all their woes on an invisible “racism” instead of looking inward at their own behavior. It’s despicable and pathetic.
AS ARE YOU.
deeeeeerp. Try taking responsibility for your own life there bub, and stop blaming The Man for your own failings. Ugh, pathetic.
You are a pathetic waste of humanity!!! It is so fitting that you would refer to racism as invisible because you are a prime example of why this country will never do right by black people. I am so sick of reading these articles and blogs on a daily basis where white people are oblivious to their sadistic, barbaric, and inhumane treatment of black people. It is in your DNA!!! White people, get ready because your generation is already reaping what your barbaric ancestors sowed. Brace yourself, because it is just the beginning. Your race of people should hide your head in shame but instead, you are too ignorant and evil to even comprehend that you all are the problem. You have always been the problem, and unfortunately will always be a problem.
Oh totally. My telling you to stop your whining and take charge of and responsibility for your own life, well that’s just RACIST, as is expecting everyone, no matter their skin color, to obey the same rules apparently.
You’re hilarious, you know that? Calling white people “barbaric” and totally ignoring the fact that in Africa (you know, where black people come from) true acts of barbarism are committed all across that continent every day. Africa is the most messed-up and terrible place on earth. Who lives there? Oh yea, black people. What about in this country? Black men, who only make up 6% of the US population are responsible for fully HALF of all murders and assaults in this country, along with a host of other crimes at widely disproportionate rates. But again, my pointing out this simple fact must be RACIST, huh?
You are hilarious and a total idiot!!!!! Bringing up Africa is a waste of time and a total deflection from the mere fact that you cannot change the fact that you come from a race infested with rapist barbarians who committed heinous crimes against black people not so long ago and think that we all are stupid not to recognize that they are now engaging in institutional racism against black people. OH by the way, thanks to your male Caucasian ancestors raping the black slave women, they have basically diluted the black race so you can forget about trying to bring Africa into this, nice try idiot! Totally amazing that you have the audacity to be offended by being called barbaric. You really need to step back into reality because deep down you know that everything that I said is dead on. You want to talk about black men and I must inform you that everything mean, vicious, and down right barbaric, they learned from white people. Like I said before, you all are in the reaping phase of all of the sins of your ancestors. You all are being exposed all over the world for the demonic monsters that you are for all the world to see. You see, for years this sort of thing has been going on and without social media, none of it was being exposed and they were able to cover up a lot of unexplained deaths of blacks at the hand of law enforcement. Do yourself a favor and everyone else and come back from fantasy island.
Gee, nice answer. Bringing up Africa and the fact that black people are just as “barbaric,” if not far more than white people is a “waste of time” because you don’t want to hear it, nothing more. Then you entirely ignore the fact that black men are committing violent crimes at FAR, FAR higher rates than whites in this country right now, all in favor of a bunch of blathering and whining. Very nice. Were we on any other site but this pathetic waste of code, you would be being called out by more than one bored conservative. Suck it libnut.
FIRST WITH NO PROBABLE CAUSE, THE OFFICER CANNOT ORDER HER OUT OF HER CAR ON A TICKET STOP, THAT IS ONLY ALLOWED IF AN ARREST IS IMMENENT. SECONDLY HE HAS NO RIGHT TO TELL HER TO PUT OUT HER CIGARETTE SHE IS SMOKING IN HER OWN CAR. AND HE CERTAINLY HAD NO RIGHT TO THREATEN HER. THIS OFFICER WAS WRONG IN MANY WAYS AND DID NOT EVER FOLLOW PROTOCAL. THE LADY WAS AWARE OF HER RIGHTS. religion&politics YOU SHOULD SPEAK OF SOMETHING YOU KNOW ABOUT NOT JUST ECHO BIGOTRY.
Are you a lawyer? Do you specialize in this type of law? Clearly you do not because every one of your points is dead wrong. Why do people like you always write in caps? Is it a cultural thing? Make you feel more Thuug Life by shouting at the world?
This “lady” was belligerent and uncooperative, and you’ll see, this cop will be found to have done nothing wrong, and to this lady (who admitted during her booking process that she had attempted suicide before), black lives really didn’t matter all that much, at least her own.
driguez v. United States held that police could not extend the length of a routine traffic stop, even for just a few minutes, absent a safety related concern or reasonable suspicion to believe that the driver may have committed an additional crime. As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg explained in the opinion of the Court, “[t]he tolerable duration of police inquiries in the traffic-stop context is determined by the seizure’s ‘mission’ — to address the traffic violation that warranted the stop, and attend to related safety concerns.” A police stop “may ‘last no longer than is necessary to effectuate th[at] purpose.’ Authority for the seizure thus ends when tasks tied to the traffic infraction are — or reasonably should have been — completed.”
IF YOU ARE CAPABLE OF READING,
PERHAPS THIS SUPREME COURT DECISION WILL ENLIGHTEN YOU OF THE LAW. THE LADY IS DOING NOTHING ILLEGAL IN VOICING HER OPINION. THE WAY THE OWFFICER HANDLED THIS SHE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE UPSET. SO BASICALLY YOU ONCE AGAIN HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW, OR ANYTHING PERTAINING TO THIS CASE. GO PLAY WITH YOUR FLAG.
Yawn. The woman was acting suspiciously, and the officer was 100% within his rights in detaining her. Your citation of a different SCOTUS case in no way proves anything here at all. You’ll see, this officer will be 100% exonerated. Too bad she killed herself, she sounds like she had real mental problems.
This was a 52 min ordeal folks. To begin with the reason she did the lane change was because he was tail gating her. So she was a Target from before this ever began. Now consider if YOU get pulled over for not signaling a Lane change and you’ve been patiently sitting in the CAR for 20 minutes for a Warning. Wouldn’t you be a little frustrated, now take that 20 minutes to 40 minutes. This police officer provoked this citizen and escalated this situation, did not follow police protocol, had been written up for not following police protocol before. The fact that the tape has been doctored proves that he and some in his police department are trying to hide.
“Proves,” eh? LOL You libnuts are always whining on about how the police break “protocol” when you don’t even know what their protocol is. It’s hilarious.
So of course since she tried suicide once, the fact that she was starting a new job negates any happiness and being arrested for a traffic stop makes her suicidal. That’s that story you and the Texas cops are going with? Good luck with that.
The fact that she attempted to kill herself before proves nothing, no, but it does certainly suggest that she had the type of serious mental problems that could drive her over the edge to commit suicide after being arrested like this. I’m sure you know this, but I wonder if you have the courage to admit it.
Actually as someone who tried suicide once, I DO have the courage to admit it. Now do you have the courage to admit this woman was murdered by the Texas police? I’ll wait.
I admire your bravery, I really do, and I’m very sorry you felt you had to attempt suicide at that time, suicide is no joke.
If the facts end up pointing towards this being murder, I will certainly admit it. The problem is, just as it is with almost all of these “Black Lives Matter” cases, that the evidence just isn’t pointing that way yet. I don’t expect that they will, but if they do, I will be the first to jump on the bandwagon.
I’ll save your seat right next to me. 🙂
This woman’s demeanor through the entire video was one of obvious and understandable indignation.. There was no justification for what that dirtbag cop did to her. She looked to me to be a respectable well spoken well dressed otherwise law abiding citizen and showed no hallmark of criminal behavior. He is the obvious criminally abusive $@&%&@ and was on an obvious power trip. She had every right to react to him the way she did. She was also very aware of her rights. I think she probably threatened them with lawsuits or something while in the cell and couldnt contain her anger just like any innocent person who has been mistreated. Because she probably ticked off the same cop in the cell or one of his equally troglodyte partners in crime, something violent was done to her which resulted in her death and it was covered up or twisted just like this video.. It’s probably another ferguson like town full of monsters waiting to prey on innocent people for profit..
No justification? Sorry, but I’m afraid you’re badly misinformed. Just because a person happens to be black doesn’t mean they get to ignore an officer’s orders. She repeatedly refused to follow his lawful orders. The police are given certain authority, for example the power to give orders to citizens during a traffic stop which must be obeyed or the person faces arrest. This woman was belligerent, uncooperative, and disrespectful.
This traffic stop started just like any other, with the cop respectfully asking her for her ID. Since this woman is a “black lives matter” activist, she clearly has quite the “injustice” bow-ner for the police. She should just have listened, just like every one of these other black lives that supposedly mattered (with the exception of that poor Rice kid and the dude in Walmart who got “swatted” of course).
I’d love to hear what the libertarians are saying on this but they are being quiet this time. Guess they don’t believe that Black people deserve the same laws as the rest of us. Oh and I guess whoever wrote the legislation to use dashcams didn’t include severe consequences for people in the police station editing the tape there’s a huge loophole there!
Young short cop with a giant Napoleon complex.. Nothing more dangerous. Anytime you get stopped by a young short cop? Be very afraid…
Bottom line is this very impressive young woman (that towered over her assailant) would be alive today if she had simply played by the rules of “driving while you’re a minority.” As a highly educated professional Hispanic man with no arrest record that happens to be 6’3″, I have learned the hard way to be extra polite to young short cops that pull you over. Her only crime was assuming the best from him.
Really? Because all he did was ask her for her credentials, and a couple of other very normal things that are very common during traffic stops. This “impressive” young woman had tried to commit suicide before, did you know that? Stop blaming the cops for just doing their job.
Get a life…
Derp derpt, good one pen day hoe
The other problem I have with the original video is the audio. Through the entire production the voices sound as they are speaking directly into the microphone, there is no differentiation for distance between the participants. My belief is the producers recorded the 52 minute audio after the fact then edited the video portion to fit their audio track, causing the loops of same cars driving by over and over, tow truck driver repeating, vanishing cars etc. I honestly do not believe the presented audio was recorded at the arrest scene and therefore think we can not even conclude with accuracy anything about Sandra Bland’s demeanor or anything she may have actually said or done at the traffic stop.
Republicans [are] always looking for what’s wrong with Liberals
ROTFLMAO!
You’re on this little hack site of all places, and you have the gall to make this claim, while doing precisely the same thing yourself?!?! Priceless!
Oh, look at you on this “hack site”, doing exactly as you’re calling me out for….fun! Let’s see how long we can keep this game going!!
Awww, good, if I’m offending you, then I’m doing my job. IYON is one of the very worst, most offensive and least useful sites out there, and it gives me great pleasure to offend libturds like you that come here to whine and pontificate about a system you barely understand. Oh, and I’m not “feigning” anything, I’m just sick to death of you libturds and your garbage.
Sure, the fact that she attempted to kill herself before proves nothing, no, but it does certainly suggest that she had the type of serious mental problems that could drive her over the edge to commit suicide after being arrested like this. If she didn’t want to be treated so poorly by the police, perhaps she should have acted better.
Interesting how you edited out your most vile comments …
Excuse me, but I didn’t see her disobeying ‘lawful’ orders . This cop was hellbent on starting trouble. She did nothing illegal from any legal and sane perspective . Her reactions were the same as any innocent person would be if treated as unlawfully as she was by the ‘law’. There was no reason for this lawless officer to escalate the situation but he did in spite of this and perhaps for the spite of it. He was clearly on a power trip and was abusing his power. She reacted to him in much the same way anyone would if confronted with the same bad treatment. I would surmise that he had planned on this from the beginning and she would have ended up in cuffs on the ground in any event. He is ultimately responsible for her death by placing her in such a precarious and oppressive situation when she was lawfully conducting herself and on her way to work not bothering anyone . In your mind I imagine that you believe cops can randomly pull over people for no reason and entrap them in needless police obeyance under threat of arrest.. That sounds like the gestapo to me.