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Dorothy Bland is a journalism professor at the University of North Texas. She stated that she was taking a walk around her neighborhood and was stopped by officers for no reason. She stated that one of the officers asked for her identification. She also stated that the officer did not give her a descent answer but asked for her identification.

Bland stated that she used her iPhone to take a photo of the license plate of the officers' vehicle. She also stated that she posted it on her Facebook page because she did not want to be like the many other people who died while they were in police custody.

Bland was trying to say that the officers were simply harassing her because she was black. However, a video tape of the incident has been released,
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