“She had been pulled over for failing to signal a lane change.” — The New York Times, July 16, 2015

That’s the most important line in the Sandra Bland story. And it has become lost in the controversy over whether her July 13 death in a jail cell in Walter County, Texas, was a suicide. Attention now focuses on her mental state and the marks on her body. But everyone should be taking a closer look at officer Brian Encinia and why he stopped Bland in the first place.