AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas trooper indicted over his arrest of a black
woman who was later found dead in jail has been formally fired, three
months after his bosses first announced they would do so, state
officials said Wednesday.
Former Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper
Brian Encinia can still appeal the decision to fire him, which came
after a grand jury indicted him on a perjury charge in December. He's
accused of lying about his July 2015 arrest of Sandra Bland and their
confrontational traffic stop that was caught on dashcam video.
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