Taser-Mania on Pregnant Woman
Have you heard about the pregnant woman who was hit with a Taser gun because she was trying to leave the police station?
Ok, here it goes.
The woman was sick and tired of dealing with the father of her 1 year old son. She says she was physically and emotionally abused by him and the only way she knew she would never have to deal with him again was to give up custody of the child. So she called family services. They told her to go to the police station and turn over the child to the police.
So she tried. She went to the police station and told the officers there that she wanted to give up custody of her son. Then one of the officers started berating her and asking her what kind of mother could she possibly be and what kind of person gives up their own child like this.. etc.
Ok, well yeah.. maybe a lot of us would feel that way. But the bottom line is that she wanted to give up the child and she was told to go to the police station to do it.
She got frustrated by all of the questions the officer was throwing at her so she tried to leave with the child. At that point the officer basically jumped her from behind, pushed her to the floor on her stomach and started yelling for her to give him her hands. Well, all his weight was on her and her unborn child and her arm was tucked under her body, so she couldn't give him both her hands. As a result, the officer went Taser crazy and shot her on the back of the neck with the Taser gun. The woman has burns on the back of her neck and contusions on her body from this event.
The cops say that since she was wearing a heavy winter coat, they didn't know she was 7 months pregnant. And I guess she didn't say, "Hey, I'm pregnant" as she was thrown the the floor and Tasered either.
I hope she sues their asses off. Cops seem to be on a power trip with these Taser weapons and it's out of hand.
I wrote about this on my other blog and you can check it out if you want:
Police Taser Use Out Of Control
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What a disgusting story! I Hope indeed she sue their asses off!