Texas looks into odd apparent edits in Sandra Bland arrest dash-cam video

There is something strange about that Sandra Bland arrest video
(Image credit: Texas DPS/YouTube)

The dashboard-camera video that the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) released late Tuesday of Sandra Bland's July 10 arrest is 52 minutes long. Still it didn't take long before a writer and documentary maker named Ben Norton noticed some oddities in the video:

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.