Texas to Look Into Alleged Edits of Dashcam Video

[villager]

Source: NBC

Texas Department of Public Safety authorities said late Tuesday they were looking into alleged edits to a 52-minute dashcam video of the traffic stop and arrest of Sandra Bland, who subsequently died in her jail cell three days after her arrest.

Police say Bland committed suicide but her death has raised the suspicions of her family and supporters and has become the latest rallying cry among activists suspicious of the treatment of blacks by law enforcement. Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis said Monday that prosecutors would handle the case as thoroughly "as it would be in a murder investigation," adding that it was "too early" to determine what happened.

At several points in the video of Bland's arrest, posted Tuesday to the department's YouTube channel, video of a person walking or a car driving by are cut or repeat themselves as the audio continues uninterrupted.

DPS spokesman Tom Vinger told NBC News that he could not speculate on whether the video was edited. "I will have to check in the morning. I can't speculate without looking at the CD," he said, referring to the original recording of the video.

At 25:05 into the video, a tow truck driver can be seen walking toward Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia's cruiser before walking out of the frame. Fifteen seconds later, the same driver reappears and completes the same walk out of the frame as audio of Encinia speaking plays uninterrupted.

<snip>

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sandra-bland-death-texas-look-alleged-edits-dashcam-video-n396291?cid=sm_tw&hootPostID=6784c066abcf32f64ebb8ea35c77d8a6

[Scootaloo]

1. In other news, fox to look into allegations of missing chickens n/t

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

28. yup yup... another cover-up...what else is new?

[Telcontar]

2. Oh that's damning evidence right there

Attest the whole PD.

[JimDandy]

3. Wow that is so patently edited.

It's clear that the police thought they were going to get away with this. I am absolutely expecting that the jail hall video will show that it's been edited also. And I wouldn't be at all surprised if all those reported walk bys of her cell and voice contacts with her (her supposed refusal of breakfast at 6 am and asking via intercom to make a phone call) were all fabications of that police department also.

[jtuck004]

4. Tampering with evidence. Obstruction of justice. Not as bad as being murdered, however. n/t

[Downwinder]

5. She is dead and they are all accomplices.

State County and City. One big gang.

[msongs]

6. FBI and Feds...impound evidence, get texas criminals out of the investigation nt

[Downwinder]

7. Get the Chicago and Houston Fusion Centers'

records. She was active in BLM, I'll bet the Feds were tracking her.

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. death was “eerily similar” to the 2012 case of James Harper Howell IV,

her death was “eerily similar” to the 2012 case of James Harper Howell IV,

According to the Texas Tribune, her death was “eerily similar” to the 2012 case of James Harper Howell IV, a white man from nearby Bandera. Howell, 29, was arrested for felony marijuana possession, trying to run away in a car, and assaulting an officer. After a week in Waller County jail, he was found hanging from a bed sheet tied to a ceiling vent, the Houston Chronicle reported at the time.


http://www.rt.com/usa/310393-sandra-bland-investigation-texas/





James Harper Howell IV, of Bandera, was found about 11:55 a.m. hanging from a bed sheet that was tied to a ceiling vent in one of the jail's day rooms, according to the Waller County Sheriff's Office.
It took deputies three days to locate and notify Howell's next of kin.
Deputies said Howell had been in custody since he was arrested Oct. 25 by the Department of Public Safety for assault on a public servant, evading arrest/detention with a vehicle and possession of marijuana, a felony.
On the day he was found hanging, he had been sitting in the day room by himself watching television. Jailers had routinely checked on him. He spoke with jailers and gave no indication he would engage in suicidal behavior.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Inmate-found-hanging-at-Waller-County-jail-4012244.php

[Snarkoleptic]

9. Here's a link to a site where the most obvious edits are detailed.

http://bennorton.com/dashcam-video-of-violent-arrest-of-sandra-bland-was-edited/

[wheniwasincongress]

19. thank you

[blackspade]

20. This was so obviously a powertrip.

She did nothing that she should have even warranted her having to get out of the car.
Bullshit stop, and a manufactured altercation.

Cops deserve no respect unless they come out hard against these abuses.

[elias49]

10. I'm guessing the edits cut out sound from Bland

on the ground with an ass-hole kneeling on her back.
I've never been more incensed than I was last night, watching 52 minutes of this sick s%#*.
I was waiting for someone - going thru her car - to plant evidence...nothing like a bag of drugs to cap off a stupid traffic stop.

[candelista]

22. Or from the cop, who may have used some racist language.

But the odd thing is that portions of the video are repeated, so it wasn't a matter of simply cutting out portions.

[Novara]

11. That was so obviously edited

And no way should the Justice Department trust any sort of internal investigation.

She was found with a plastic bag on her head. I take it the family is requesting a separate autopsy?

She was defiant and pissed off for being treated like a criminal for not signaling a lane change. That wasn't someone who is suicidal.

[Gothmog]

12. This whole situation stinks

Waller County is cesspool of racism

[Sunlei]

13. anyone see her cell phone? (still recording) cellphone on the back of her car and its missing?

I didn't see it when the tow driver was there.

[hamsterjill]

24. Great observation!

I would ask the same question. She is seen laying her cell phone on the back of the car when ordered to do so.

[Sunlei]

27. So many rights violations with the traffic stop alone, its crazy.

[Enthusiast]

14. They killed her.

No question.

Why do these cops continue to kill? Because they never have to answer for murder.

[GoneFishin]

16. Yep. No consequences for racist criminal behavior.

[restorefreedom]

15. the whole dept needs a clean out

start fresh. after the killers are convicted.

[Paladin]

17. I saw Lt. Governor Dan Patrick at the press conference.

If there is a way to fuck up this investigation, Patrick will be involved.

[blackspade]

18. As I said on another thread on this subject....

They are not 'alleged' edits. The video is edited period.
The video doesn't have presumption of innocence so no need to obfuscate that this was obviously doctored.
The MSM is again trying for some nonexistent neutral position in the killing of yet another Black person.
Despicable.

[wheniwasincongress]

21. Why were the edits so poor?

The edits make cars in mid-street disappear into thin air. Why would they do that? Who thought that looked seamless?

[hamsterjill]

23. The video repeats, but the officer's voice is clear and continuing?

Surely, there are film edit experts that can get to the bottom of this obvious cover up. How could this be a "glitch" when the audio isn't interrupted?

[peacebird]

29. Exactly.

[jberryhill]

31. Because the audio and video streams are processed separately during conversion

...from whatever format a video was recorded to whatever format in which it is published.

I don't have the expertise to comment on this particular video. Maintaining synchronization between audio and video during conversion from and/or to different formats is not entirely simple, and various conversion software deals with it differently and will compensate for conversion errors differently.

[hamsterjill]

32. Thank you for that explanation.

n/t

[Sunlei]

25. the policeman moved her off the camera view anyway, so it couldn't record him bending her

wrists and holding the cuffed hands behind her back, up close & moving her around so when she lifts her foot off the ground he can say she kicked him. And then slap a FELONY charge on her.

[2naSalit]

26. I wouldn't trust Texas

to do anything related to investigation, that's why we NEED the feds, because some state governments can't be trusted to do their jobs in a manner in accordance with the Constitution or without racial bias.

[misterhighwasted]

30. Today the Tx DPS says the Video was NOT edited.

On local Tx news this morning.
They explain that the glitches were caused when it was posted.
They do intend to clear all this up by re-posting.


Here: crosspost
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026998075