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(22 Jul 2015) Two people questioning the circumstances surrounding the death of a black motorist in a Texas jail cell say the local sheriff should resign.
DeWayne Charleston, a former justice of the peace for Waller County, and LaVaughn Mosley, who was a friend and mentor of Sandra Bland, told county commissioners on Wednesday that Sheriff Glenn Smith should step down.
Charleston says a racist culture persists in the county and that the 28-year-old Bland was in Smith's custody and control when she died last week.
The county's top administrative officer, Judge Carbett "Trey" Duhon, said before the meeting that the sheriff is elected and can't be removed by the commission.
Bland was found dead in her cell July 13, three days after she was arrested during a traffic stop. A medical examiner called the death suicide by hanging, but family and friends dispute that finding.

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