TESTIMONY IN AUSTIN FRIDAY OVER SANDRA BLAND VIDEO

  

Officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety are deny accusations of withholding evidence in the Sandra Bland case.

In a heated exchange with lawmakers Friday in Austin, over why cellphone video of Bland's 2015 traffic stop never publicly surfaced until now, DPS director Steve McCraw stated repeatedly they provided a "Ranger Report" that mentioned the video and it was turned over to counsel for the Bland family and Representative Garnet Coleman.

Bland's mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, attended the hearing Friday at the Texas Capitol. Her 28-year-old daughter was found hanging in a jail cell in Waller County, three days after being arrested during a traffic stop.

Bland recorded a 39-second cellphone video during the stop as a state trooper pointed a stun gun and ordered her out of the car.

The footage did not publicly surfaced until this month.  Coleman scolded state officials and claims the clip shows that the trooper had no reason to fear for his life.

McCraw insists the disk was a "data dump" that couldn't be easily searched.

Coleman is again requesting all documents and video in the case from DPS and the attorney general's office.