http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/28/1388486/-Camera-catches-police-wrestling-pregnant-black-woman-to-the-ground-for-no-reason-whatsoever?detail=emailtest
This is a terrible injustice.
Dropping her daughter off for elementary school, Charlena Cook, eight months pregnant in Barstow, California, ended up being forcibly handcuffed and wrestled to the ground for no reason whatsoever. Not only was this excessive, the entire ordeal was completely uncalled for.The ACLU fought to have the video released and also announced that all charges were dropped against Charlena.
As you will see in that video, an employee of the school called police after she claimed she and the pregnant mother argued over a parking spot—which is not illegal. Nobody was assaulted and no property damage took place.
The police, though, were determined that a crime had been committed that required the use of brute force.
Please pay attention to what the officer says at 2:18 in the video.
Did you hear what he said? It was clear to him that no crime was committed, right?
Now, read this:
"Stop and identify" statutes are statute laws in the United States that authorize police[1] to legally obtain the identification of someone whom they reasonably suspect has committed a crime. If the person is not reasonably suspected of committing a crime, they are not required to provide identification, even in states with stop and identify statutes.
Now, watch the officer insist that Charlena Cook not giving her full name is a criminal offense. It isn't.
the audio good enough to hear the officers assault but the video was not great something i feared from the beginning if it's ion their chest and they are physically assaulting or being assaulted the lens does not afford a full screen only flashy moments of out of focus blurs. that can lead to a lot of who gets the credit for honesty and so far it has been those they killed or brutalized. they really need to create a better close encounter focused panoramic lens or we will see more of "what's your best guess"?
i also want to mention the two encounters one with the White women the other Ms. Cook were not of the same tone or questioning one with restraint and respect the other well there's what evidence is available and who thanked them and who is on the ground laying on their unborn child while being arrested for "NOTHING"??????
