Three days after the traffic stop, Bland was found dead in her Waller County jail.

Although her death was ruled a suicide, her family always questioned the Texas officials behind the case.

This new video only fuels their suspicions the Texas State Police withheld evidence from her arrest and death.

Before now, Texas officials led the public to believe the only footage from the stop was from Encinia’s dash-cam. Initially, the trooper claimed he feared for his safety during the stop.

“My safety was in jeopardy at more than one time,” Encinia told investigators at the time.

Bland’s family, who never saw the video before it was released on May 6, are now calling for Texas officials to re-examine the criminal case against Encinia.

“Open up the case, period,” Bland’s sister, Shante Needham, told WFAA.

Needham and other Bland family members believe the video was intentionally withheld.

“We also know they have an extremely, extremely good cover-up system,” Needham added.

The Texas Rangers and Federal Bureau of Investigation searched Bland’s phone during their joint investigation and discovered her video two months after the July 2015 traffic stop and her death.

However, Bland’s family says it was never given to them, reported WFAA.

After no one was charged for Bland’s death, the family filed a federal wrongful death suit against Waller County and Texas DPS. The suit was settled in 2016 for $1.9 million.

As part of the settlement, the Bland family was required to return all evidence given to them as part of the federal court proceedings, which did not include the cellphone footage because they never received it in the first place.  

Bland family attorney, Cannon Lambert, who also just saw the video for the first time, said the video shows Encinia knew Bland wasn’t a threat.

“He sees exactly what’s in her hand,” Lambert told WFAA. “How can you tell me you don’t know what’s in her hand when you’re looking right dead at it. What did she do to make him feel his safety was in jeopardy? Nothing.”

Although Bland’s family believes the evidence was withheld, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) said that assertion is incorrect.

“The premise that the video was not produced as a part of the discovery process is wrong,” DPS said in a statement to WFAA. “A hard drive containing copies of 820 Gigabytes of data compiled by DPS from its investigation, including the dashcam videos, jail video footage and data from Sandra Bland’s cell phone, was part of discovery.”

In 2016, Encinia was fired from the DP and indicted by a grand jury for perjury. The charge was later dropped when Encinia gave up his license and agreed to never work as a cop again.

Encinia’s lawyer argued the dash-cam video showed the trooper’s actions were justified.

“He gets upset but before that ever happened, we had seen her reach out of view on the passenger side,” attorney Chip Lewis told WFAA. “That is the impetus to get her out of the car.”

After the release of the video, state Rep. Garnet Coleman (D-Houston) gave the following statement:

"It is troubling that a crucial piece of evidence was withheld from Sandra Bland's family and legal team in their pursuit of justice. The illegal withholding of evidence by one side from the other destroys our legal system's ability to produce fair and just outcomes. As Chair of the House Committee on County Affairs that looked into the death of Sandra Bland, I will make sure that the Committee will also look into how this happened.”