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Officials have denied editing Texas police dash cam footage showing the arrest of Sandra Bland who died three days later in custody.

Footage of the July 10 arrest shows 28-year-old Sandra Bland’s car being pulled over for failing to signal and then an ensuing confrontation with the officer.

There are several jumps during the 52-minute film, which has had more than one million views on YouTube.

However, Texas authorities say it was not edited and that it will be re-uploaded.

The coroner said Sandra Bland hanged herself in her cell but her family has demanded an independent post-mortem examination.

State officials and the FBI are both investigating her death.

In the video, released by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), Brian Encinia, a white police officer, is seen issuing a ticket and then asking her to stub out her cigarette, which she refuses.

When Sandra Bland refuses to step out of the car, Officer Brian Encinia tries unsuccessfully to pull her out.

He then appears to threaten her with a Taser and says the words: “I will light you up.”

Sandra Bland gets out of the car and they move out of vision, but the audio suggests the confrontation becomes physical before more officers arrive.

Several breaks in the video were highlighted on social media shortly after the film was released with many using the broken footage to question the entire film’s authenticity:

  • 25:01 – A man walks away from a pick-up truck and out of shot, before reappearing at the door of the vehicle a few seconds later
  • 32:37 – A white car comes into shot then disappears before reappearing a couple of seconds later. The audio doesn’t appear to break during this time, with the officer heard discussing the incident
  • 33:04 – The same footage of the white car is looped, again with no noticeable break in the audio

In a statement released on July 22, DPS spokesman Tom Vinger said the video “has not been edited”.Sandra Bland arrest dash cam video

“Some of the video… was affected in the upload and is being addressed. We are working to repost the dash cam video,” he added.

Officer Brian Encinia, who has been on the force for just over a year, said he was kicked during the arrest. He has been put on administrative leave.

Texas DPS director Steven McCraw said his officers have “an obligation to exhibit professionalism and be courteous” but that “wasn’t the case in this situation”.

Authorities also released surveillance video from the jail showing officers responding to Sandra Bland’s death but it does not show the cell.

Jail Sheriff Glen Smith said his staff checked on Sandra Bland less than an hour before she was found dead.

In March, Sandra Bland said she was suffering from “a little bit of depression” and post-traumatic stress disorder in a video posted on her Facebook page.

However, family and friends say Sandra Bland was in good spirits in recent months and had just started a new job. She was also said to be in good health when she arrived at the jail.

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Texas officials have released a video recorded by a police dash cam showing the arrest of Sandra Bland, an African-American woman who died three days later in custody.

Footage of the July 10 arrest shows Sandra Bland’s car being pulled over for failing to signal and then an ensuing confrontation with the officer.

The coroner said the woman hanged herself in her cell but her family has demanded an independent autopsy.

State officials and the FBI are both investigating her death.

In the video, released by the Texas Department of Public Safety, the policeman is seen issuing a ticket and then asking Sandra Bland, 28, to stub out her cigarette, which she refuses.

When the woman refuses to step out of the car, he tries unsuccessfully to pull her out. He then appears to threaten her with a Taser and says the words: “I will light you up.”

Sandra Bland gets out of the car and the two of them move out of vision, but the audio suggests the confrontation becomes physical during the arrest before more officers arrive.

The arresting officer said he was kicked. He has been put on administrative leave.Sandra Bland arrest video

Later the video appears to have abrupt breaks in its continuity and is looped in several places, suggesting it was edited prior to release.

At 25:01 a man is seen walking away from his pick-up truck and out of shot, before reappearing at the door of the vehicle a few seconds later.

Social media users, including award-winning film director Ava DuVernay, have questioned the video’s authenticity.

On July 21, local district attorney Elton Mathis said the case – like all deaths in a jail cell – would be investigated as a murder.

The death of Sandra Bland is one of several under national scrutiny in which a black person has died while in police custody.

Other high-profile cases, since the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson last summer, have sparked protests and sometimes unrest.

On July 21, prosecutors in Cincinnati, Ohio said they were probing the fatal shooting of a black motorist by a white police officer who had stopped him over a missing licence plate.

Samuel Dubose, 43, apparently refused to co-operate with Officer Ray Tensing, leading to a struggle.

He was then shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene.

The police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave while the investigation continues.

Sandra Bland’s family has ordered an independent autopsy and called for an investigation by the Department of Justice.

Video footage did not show what happened inside Sandra Bland’s cell, but did suggest no-one entered or left it until someone found her unconscious.

Jail Sheriff Glen Smith said his staff checked on her less than an hour before she was found dead.

Sandra Bland’s sister, Shante Needham, said Sandra called her from jail, saying she did not know why she had been arrested and that an officer had possibly broken her arm.

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