FIRED TROOPER FACES ARRAIGNMENT TODAY
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A fired Texas DPS trooper is facing arraignment on a misdemeanor perjury charge related to his arrest last summer of Sandra Bland, a woman who was later found dead in the Waller County Jail.
The Waller County grand jury indicted Brian Encinia in January on the perjury charge for saying in an affidavit that he removed a combative Bland from her car after stopping her near Houston for a minor traffic violation so he could further conduct a safer traffic investigation.
Bland's jail death was ruled a suicide. Her arrest captured on a police dashcam video provoked national outrage. Her relatives have filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
Encinia's lawyer says the court appearance set for later this (Tuesday) afternoon likely would be brief.
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