The circumstances surrounding the arrest of a young woman by a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper have been fairly well established.

Trooper Brian Enciana pulled Susan Bland over for failure to signal a turn in her motor vehicle. She mouthed off to him. He told her 15 times to get out of her car, after telling her to put out her cigarette — which she declined to do.

He threatened to “light you up,” meaning, I guess, he would use his Taser on her. She got angrier.

Then the two of them walked out of “dashcam” range, where she allegedly kicked and elbowed the trooper.

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Then she got tossed into the Waller County jail.

Three days later jailers found her hanging in her cell. Sandra Bland was dead.

Can there be some explanation as to why this young woman was taken into custody in the first place — in an incident that started out as a traffic stop? And what in the world happened to her in that lockup?

This young woman’s death while in police custody has created yet another national furor centering most notably on the race of the victim. As Erica Greider reports in Texas Monthly: “And so I agree with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick: Bland’s family and loved ones deserve answers; since it may take some time to provide them, the search should be handled as transparently as possible, wherever it may lead.”