Video Shows White NYPD Cops Slamming Pregnant Latino Woman to the Ground - Belly First
/From [HERE] Video posted to social media Tuesday shows NYPD officers slamming a pregnant woman to the ground belly-first.
The woman, Sandra Amezquita, 44, reportedly tried to intervene in the arrest of her 17-year-old son. In the video, officers from the 72nd precinct appear to be throwing her to the pavement before slapping handcuffs on her.
In a press conference Wednesday, Amezquita's lawyers said police beat the pregnant woman on the belly with a baton, and released photos of bruises on her abdomen. [MORE]