Prosecutor: Sandra Bland's Death A Suicide By Hanging.
BLITZER: Tonight, a Texas prosecutor is offering new details about Sandra Bland's jail cell death, saying the evidence appears to support the initial ruling that it was a suicide. We're also learning more about the hours before bland died from an inmate who was in a nearby cell. CNN's Ed Lavandera is joining us from Texas right now. He has the very latest -- Ed.</s>ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Wolf, just a short while ago, officials here in Waller County health a press conference and showed a picture of the plastic bag that was essentially they say turned into a noose in the hanging death of Sandra Bland. And we've also spoken with a woman who was an inmate just across the hallway, and her account of what she saw during the three days that Bland was in jail here seems to support what officials are saying.</s>LAVANDERA (voice-over): A Waller County jail inmate who was being held in a cell across from Sandra Bland tells CNN she did not hear any commotion or screaming, suggesting foul play, before the 28- year-old woman was found dead. This is consistent with the nearly three hours of jailhouse video released showing nothing unusual outside Bland's cell before Bland's body was found by a sheriff's deputy. The woman who asked not to be identified tells CNN Bland was emotional and often crying during her three days in the jail. The inmate says she spoke with Bland twice. She says Bland was worried about not being able to connect with family members and stressed over missing her first day of work at her new job. Bland's family has insisted they do not believe the 28-year-old woman would kill herself.</s>CANNON LAMBER, BLAND FAMILY ATTORNEY: We take issue with the notion that she was suffering from depression. She was never clinically diagnosed, there was no medication that we are aware of that she was taking to address any sort of epilepsy or depression.</s>LAVANDERA: This afternoon, Waller County officials held a press conference with new details from Bland's autopsy report. Officials say while the investigation is not finished, the report shows high levels of marijuana in Bland's system and as many as 30 cut marks on her wrists. The report does not show any signs of a violent struggle.</s>WARREN DIEPRAAM, WALLER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE: There was no indication of any hemorrhaging or any damage to her hyoid valve. The same holds true for her trachea and her esophagus and any other internal organs inside her neck. During a violent struggle, one would typically expect to see hemorrhaging or injuries to those particular body portions.</s>LAVANDERA: But Bland's medical intake records are not consistent. On one page, it shows Bland attempted to commit suicide in the last year after a miscarriage by taking pills. But then on another page, the question of whether she's attempted suicide is "no." It's the inconsistencies that make the Bland family skeptical.</s>SHARON COOPER, SANDRA BLAND'S SISTER: I have a hard time dealing with inconsistency. That seems to have been the theme over the last couple of days here. So I don't have a problem still asking questions.</s>LAVANDERA: And social media has seized on all sorts of possible conspiracies. Some are even suggesting Sandra Bland's mugshot was taken after she had died, despite that it was on her booking sheet, made available right after she was arrested.</s>LAVANDERA: And, Wolf, throughout all of this, the Bland family has been saying they had ordered their own independent autopsy. Those results are back. But we haven't gotten any clear answers yet on whether or not the Bland family will release any details from that account. And it sounded like they were open to doing that earlier in the week. But now it's not so clear -- Wolf.</s>BLITZER: Ed Lavandera with the very latest, thank you. Let's bring in our CNN anchor Don Lemon, our CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin, and our law enforcement analysts Tom Fuentes and Cedric Alexander. Don, in the video, you can see that Sandra Bland does get visibly frustrated, does talk back to the police officers. That's not excusing obviously what happened by any means. But there's debate over whether, when you get pulled over, you show frustration, you fight back, the cop says put out the cigarette, you don't put out the cigarette -- what do you think about that initial exchange that occurred after she was stopped for failing to turn on her blinker for changing lanes?</s>DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: OK, so here's -- whatever you're doing at home, listen to this. I've said this a number of times on your show, whether it's in regard to anyone. And, again, we're not blaming the victim here -- if in this environment that you believe that interactions between police officers of any color and black citizens, if they can become volatile, if they are dangerous, if they're violent, then you need to do what the cop says. That's not selling out. That's not being a -- whatever you want to call it, you know, someone who kowtows to the white man or to the cop or to authority. That is someone who wants to stay alive and who does not want to be brutalized. So, in this environment, keep your cool. The cop says get out of the car? Get out of the car. He says stay in the car -- stay in the car. If he says don't mouth off, don't mouth off. And then, afterwards, you deal with the situation. You don't try to deal with him in that moment because you are never, ever, ever going to win in that moment. And here's what I say -- when you have an issue at your house or you're on the street or if you're ever in a position to call a police officer, that officer is a peace officer. He is an authority figure. If you want them to have authority over someone who has harmed you, has robbed your house, has done you wrong, then when it's your turn, that officer needs to have authority over you. It does not go one way. It must work both ways. End of story.</s>BLITZER: Cedric, do you agree?</s>CEDRICK ALEXANDERA, CNN LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST: Yes, I do agree with him, Wolf, but let me back up and say this -- I think in this particular circumstance, as we look at that video, we can find a lot of wrong on both sides. The officer certainly could have just given her warning and went on about his business, as opposed to being concerned about whether she was smoking or not. But however, to Don's point, I think it's important, particularly in this day and time, that any time that you are given an order by police officer, just go ahead and comply. If there's a demonstration of unprofessionalism that that officer exhibits, then you take his name and badge number. But there's no need to escalate a situation. But in this case, this officer did not do anything to deescalate. In fact, he escalated this information.</s>LEMON: Right on, right on.</s>BLITZER: Sunny, Sandra -- yes, you guys agree on that. Sunny, Sandra Bland, she left a voicemail for a friend of hers from inside her jail cell. I want to play it for you and our viewers. Listen.</s>SANDRA BLAND VOICEMAIL: I'm still just at a loss for words about this whole process, how they are switching lanes with no signal turned into all of this, I don't even know. I'm still here. Just call me back when you can.</s>BLITZER: Yes. So, she spent three days in the jail for what initially was just a minor traffic infraction. And all of a sudden, she's dead. So, that's why this has caused such a stir.</s>SUNNY HOSTIN, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: I think that's right. A lot of the questions that people have is how could you end up in jail for three days after this minor traffic violation, alleged minor traffic violation? The bottom line is this officer charged her with a felony. He charged with assault on a public safety officer. So, that's why she was in jail, because she was charged with a felony, a $5,000 bond. And her family hadn't gotten the money to her yet. But I really need to mention something about Don's monologue that he just mentioned. You know, I don't think anybody is saying that you shouldn't comply with police officers. I don't think anyone is suggesting -- I teach street law. I always say, when you have these encounters, you want to make them as short as sweet as possible. But let's remember that as United States citizens, black, brown or otherwise, we do have our constitutional rights. And we can't let police officers just trample on our constitutional rights against freedom of speech, against --</s>LEMON: Sunny, no one is denying that. You are making an argument.</s>HOSTIN: I let you speak.</s>LEMON: But you are talking about someone no one is saying --</s>HOSTIN: I refuse to allow you, Don, to --</s>LEMON: That's not my argument.</s>BLITZER: Hold on, guys.</s>HOSTIN: That's what you were doing.</s>LEMON: We're not blaming the victim.</s>HOSTIN: That the professional here is the officer, Don --</s>LEMON: Absolutely, Sunny.</s>HOSTIN: He was unprofessional.</s>BLITZER: Don, hold on for a second.</s>LEMON: Something that I did not say.</s>BLITZER: I want one of you at a time. Finish your thoughts, Sunny. And then I'm going to let Don respond.</s>HOSTIN: My thought, again, is that the -- we can't blame the victim here. This victim -- she was a victim -- had her right constitutional right not to -- freedom of speech, her constitutional right to be free of unreasonable search and seizure, her constitutional rights were trampled on when we all saw that dashcam video. And so, the suggestion somehow that had she simply complied, she would be alive today. I think we need to look at this officer's actions and need to look at the fact that he is the trained professional who failed to be a professional who escalated the matter and I question even --</s>BLITZER: Go ahead, Don.</s>HOSTIN: -- lawful orders, alleged --</s>LEMON: Sunny, did you even hear the question that Wolf asked me?</s>HOSTIN: I heard your response. I heard your response.</s>LEMON: Let me answer. In his questioning he said, we're not blaming her for anything. In my response I said, we're not blaming her for anything. And I said, if in this environment that you believe that everything you just said is true, if you want to stay alive, then comply. I'm not blaming the victim on anything.</s>BLITZER: Hold on. Hold your thoughts. The story unfortunately not going away. I want to remind our viewers, Don, course, is going to have more on this on his program later tonight, 10:00 p.m. Eastern, "CNN TONIGHT". We'll take a quick break. We'll be right back.