The Texas state trooper involved in Sandra Bland's confrontational arrest three days before she was found dead in a cell at the Waller County jail last summer has been indicted on a perjury charge.

A special prosecutor announced Wednesday that Brian Encinia has been charged with a Class A misdemeanor, which can lead to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine, reports The New York Times.

Prosecutor Shawn McDonald said outside the courthouse Wednesday, "The indictment was issued in reference to the reasoning that (Texas State Trooper Brian Encinia) removed her from her vehicle."

The Department of Public Safety also said that the state police agency "will begin termination proceedings to discharge him."

Encinia pulled Bland over and arrested her for a traffic violation on July 10, 2015. In video footage of the incident, the 28-year-old African-American woman expressed frustration for being stopped after she failed to signal during a lane change. She told Encinia that she was changing lanes in order to get out of his way. The trooper asked her to put out her cigarette, but she said it was her right to smoke within her own car.

That is when Encinia proceeded to tell her to get out of the vehicle. In response, Bland asked why he was forcing her out of the vehicle. The trooper did not respond and instead threatened to shock her with a Taser.

At other points in the video, Bland can be heard screaming that the officer slammed her head on the ground and that her handcuffs were too tight.

After being taken to the Waller County jail, she was found hanged in her cell three days later. The Harris County's medical examiner ruled the death as a suicide, but her family argued Bland should never have been arrested and was not suicidal.

Last month, a grand jury ruled not to indict anyone in her jailhouse death.

Bland's sister, Sharon Cooper, told The Associated Press that the indictment and expected firing of the Texas state trooper was a "bittersweet" moment. She added that the perjury charge against him was long overdue and could never make up for her family's devastating loss.

"It could easily have been avoided," Cooper added.