Bland was taken in handcuffs to the county jail in nearby Hempstead, about 50 miles northwest of Houston, and remained there when she couldn't raise about $500 for bail. (Texas Department of Public Safety via AP) less In this July 10, 2015, frame from dashcam video provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety, trooper Brian Encinia arrests Sandra Bland after she became combative during a routine traffic stop in Waller ... more Photo: HOGP 
 
 Image 39 of 98 Sandra Bland was found hanged in this cell in the Waller County Jail in Hempstead, officials say. Bland was taken to the Waller County Jail in nearby Hempstead where, three days later, officials discovered her body, hanged with a plastic bag. In the days after her death, county authorities released video from the jail to dispel rumors and conspiracy theories that Bland was dead before she arrived at the jail or was killed while in custody. Bland, a 28-year-old African American woman, was arrested July 10, after being stopped by a Department of Public Safety trooper for failing to signal a lane change. She was discovered dead in her jail cell three days later, hanging from a cell partition with a plastic garbage bag used as a ligature around her neck. Bland's family says they have no faith in a grand jury that's considering criminal... (Associated Press) 
 
 Geneva Reed-Veal, left, and Sharon Cooper, center, the mother and sister of Sandra Bland, listen to attorney Larry Rogers Jr., right, explain concerns about the Texas grand jury's role in the death of... (Associated Press) 
 
 But prosecutor Darrell Jordan said the Waller County grand jury reached no decision on whether the trooper who arrested 28-year-old Sandra Bland should face charges. less Geneva Reed-Veal, mother of Sandra Bland, center, reacts as her daughter is celebrated during a memorial service for Bland at All Faiths Chapel on the campus of Prairie View A&M; University on Tuesday, July 21, ... more Photo: Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle 
 
 Image 52 of 98 Geneva Read-Veal, right, and her daughter Sharon Cooper react to a prayer during a memorial service for her other daughter Sandra Bland at Prairie View A&M; University, Tuesday, July 21, 2015, in Prairie View, Texas. He said lawyers haven't been able to examine a Texas Rangers report on the incident because it's grand jury evidence. Bland's family says they have no faith in a grand jury that's considering criminal... (Associated Press) 
 
 Geneva Reed-Veal, left, and Sharon Cooper, center, the mother and sister of Sandra Bland, listen to attorney Larry Rogers Jr., right, explain concerns about the Texas grand jury's role in the death of... (Associated Press) 
 
 Cannon Lambert Sr., left, attorney for Sandra Bland’s family, speaks at a news conference Monday, Dec. 21, 2015 in Chicago. Royce West, a Dallas Democrat who has been a vocal leader in the case, and one of two black Texas state senators, also had said he was "comfortable" with the medical examiner's determination. Her arrest and death came amid heightened national scrutiny of police and their dealings with black suspects, especially those killed by officers or who died in police custody. less Elton Mathis, Waller County District Attorney, speaks to the media at the Waller County Courthouse Friday, July 17, 2015, in Hempstead. Bland's relatives, along with supporters fueled by social media postings, questioned a medical examiner's finding that Bland killed herself. (Waller County Sheriff’s Office) less This undated handout photo provided by the Waller County Sheriff’s Office shows Sandra Bland.
– No felony crime was committed by jailers in the puzzling jailhouse death of Sandra Bland and no indictments will be issued, a grand jury in Texas decided Monday night. In what was ruled a suicide, the 28-year-old was found dead in her cell at the Waller County Jail three days after she was arrested during a July 10 traffic stop. An independent special prosecutor says the process isn't over and the grand jury will meet again in January to consider charges against the trooper who arrested Bland, though a lawyer for her family says it has all been a "sham of a proceeding," the Houston Chronicle reports. The family's lawyers have been unable to access evidence from the secret grand jury proceedings, including a report from a Texas Rangers investigation, the AP reports. Bland's sister tells the Chicago Tribune that the family has been "shut out of this process from the very beginning" and is "in pieces this holiday season." "The timing of the grand jury, in my personal opinion, is disrespectful to the family and it continues to pour salt on a wound that has already been ripped open for the past five months," she says. Bernie Sanders also weighed in on the case, NBC News reports. "There's no doubt in my mind that she, like too many African-Americans who die in police custody, would be alive today if she were a white woman," he said in a statement. "We need to reform a very broken criminal justice system." (The family's lawyers say the county made an insulting claim when it sought to have their wrongful death lawsuit dismissed.)