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>>> CELL PHONE VIDEO YOU SAW
FIRST ON WFAA.
+@SANDRA BLAND FOUND DEAD IN JA
RECORDED HER OWN ARREST.
HER FAMILY AND THEIR ATTORNEYS
SAY THEY NEVER SOUGHT.
TEXAS LAWMAKERS WANT TO KNOW
THE TRUTH AND A HEARING IS SET
FOR THIS FRIDAY IN AUSTIN.
OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
INVESTIGATIVE NETWORK, HERE'S
BRIAN CALLISTER. +@
>> GET OUT OF THE CAR.
>> Reporter: AFTER SANDRA BLAND
RECORDED HER OWN ARREST DURING
A TRAFFIC STOP WITH THE DPS
TROOPER.
TROOPER.
TROOPER. >> YOU ARE DOING ALL OF THIS
FOR FAILURE TO SIGNAL?
>>+@ Reporter: SHE WAS LATER
FOUND DEAD IN A CELL AT THE
JAIL THREE DAYS LATER.
HER MOTHER FILED A WRONGFUL
DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND
TROOPER BRIAN IN +@SYRIA IN
FEDERAL COURT.
FEDERAL COURT. BLAND'S MOTHER HAD SIX LAWYERS
ON THE CASE.
FOR MONTHS THEY REPEATEDLY
ASKED DPS FOR ALL VIDEOS, SOUND
RECORDINGS, TAPE RECORDINGS AND
RECORDINGS OF EVERY TYPE.
WHEN WE SHOWED THE CELL PHONE
VIDEO TO THE BLAND FAMILIES
LEAD ATTORNEY, WHERE DID YOU
GET THAT?
GET THAT?
GET THAT? >> HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THA+@T VIO
?
?
? >>
? >> I
? >> I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT.
>> Reporter: LAMBERT AND THE
BLAND FAMILY WERE STUNNED
SAYING THIS VIDEO WAS NEVER
TURNED OVER TO THEM.
BY DPS OR THE TEXAS ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S OFFICE OR EVEN THE FBI
OR U.S. ATTORNEY.
DPS SUGGESTS THE BLAND FAMILY
AND THEIR LAWYERS SIMPLY MISSED
SANDRA'S CELL PHONE VIDEO IN
ALL OF THE DISCOVERY EVIDENCE.
THEY DECLINED TO +@GO ON CAMERA
IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT TEXAS
DPS OFFICIALS SAY THEY COMPLIED
WITH ITS DISCOVERY OBLIGATIONS
IN THE CIVIL LITIGATION.
TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO
REPRESENTED DPS AND TROOPER
ENCINIA RELEASED A SIMILAR
STATEMENT.
STATEMENT. THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERA+@L FULLY COMPLIED WITH A
DISCOVERY OBLIGATIONS DURING
THE CIVIL LAWSUIT BROUGHT BY
MS. BLAND'S FAMILY.
NO VIDEOS RELATED TO THIS CASE
WERE CONCEALED.
WERE CONCEALED. A CLAIM LAMBERT EXPECTED EVEN
BEFORE WE REPORTED THE
EXISTENCE OF SANDRA'S RECORDING.
>> I'M SURE THEY W+@ILL SUGGEST
THAT THEY GAVE IT TO US.
THAT MEANS LARRY, TOM, ME, TED,
A MIRROR, THAT MEANS ERIN,
LAWYERS DON'T SEE THAT?
CALL ME A+@N IDIOT BUT YOU CAN'
CALL THE OTHER FIVE IDIOTS.
>> Reporter: THE INVESTIGATIVE
NETWORK FOUND THE STATE'S
CLAIMS OF COOPERATION ARE
MISLEADING.
MISLEADING. IT IS ALL RIGHT HERE IN THESE
PUBLICLY FILED FEDERAL COURT
RECORDS.
RECORDS.
RECORDS. THEY SHOW THE TEXAS ATTORNEY
+@
THEY SHOW THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL AND DPS OPPOSED
REPEATED REQUESTS BY THE BLAND
FAMILIES ATTORNEYS OR EVIDENCE
IN THEIR POSSESSION DURING THE
LAWSUIT.
LAWSUIT.
LAWSUIT. THE DPS AND ATTORNEY GENERAL
CLEAN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY WAS IMMUNE FROM ANY
LAWSUI+@TS AND CITED THE O+@NGO
CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST THE
TROOPER.
TROOPER.
TROOPER. >> NO WONDER THEY SETTLED THE
CASE.
CASE.
CASE. WITH THE RANGERS, THE MOST WE
+@
+@ COULD
+@ COULD GET WAS $100,000.
NO WONDER THEY WANTED TO SETTLE
SO QUICKLY.
SO QUICKLY. THEY WERE SITTING ON THIS CRAP.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE TEXAS
RANGER REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED
ONLY AFTER THE LAWSUIT WAS
SETTLED IN THE CRIMINAL CASE
AGAINS+@T ENCINIA WAS DROPPED.
+@
+@ INSIDE
+@ INSIDE THE RANGER REPORT ARE 59
REFERENCES TO SANDRA BLAND'S
CELL PHO+@NE, THE WARRANT TO
SEARCH THE PHONE, AND THE
DISCOVERY SHE HAD RECORDED THE
CONF+@RONTATION WITH ENCINIA.
59 REFERENCES.
59 REFERENCES. PRETTY HARD TO MISS.
+@ >> I WAS ASKING FOR ALL THE
VIDEO.
VIDEO.
VIDEO. >>
VIDEO. >> Reporter: LAMBERT SAID NONE
OF THOSE REFERENCES TO THE CELL
PHONE VIDEO WHEN THE VERSION OF
THE RANGER REPORT THEY RECEIVED.
>> +@Reporter: BLAND SISTE+@R
BELIEVED DPS DIDN'T WANT THE
+@
BELIEVED DPS DIDN'T WANT THE VIDEO BEING SEEN AFTER PUBLIC
OUTRAGE WAS SPARKED BY THE
TROOPERS DASH CAM VIDEO.
>> I THINK IF EVERYONE HAD SEEN
THIS IT WOULD HAVE JUST MADE
DPS LOOK HORRIBLE.
>> Reporter: AS FOR THE FEDERAL
COURT EVIDENCE, LANCE ATTORNEYS
WERE ORDERED TO GIVE IT BACK TO
THE COURT WHEN THE CA+@SE WAS
SETTLED LEAVING THEIR WORD
AGAINST THOSE WHO ARRESTED
SANDRA BLAND.
SANDRA BLAND. ON FRIDAY, IT IS LA+@WMAKERS TU
TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. WITH THE INVESTIGAT+@IVE NETWOR
I AM BRIAN