NYPD Slams Pregnant Woman On Ground During Arrest

Another New York police officer is under investigation after a video emerged of an arrest.

The NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating the 72nd Precinct in Brooklyn after a video surfaced on Facebook of an NYPD officer who slammed a pregnant woman onto the ground and holding her stomach-down.

Sandra Amezquita, 5 feet and 4 inches and visibly five months pregnant, attempted to intervene during the arrest of her 17-year-old son for possession of a knife when she was manhandled.

A friend who ran up to check on her was sent flying down the street with a two-handed shove.

“The first thing I thought was they killed my baby and they’re going to kill my wife,” Ronel Lemos, the baby’s father, told the Daily News.

“What we see is a woman who’s trying to protect her son, who is being stopped and frisked by police, and she became a victim. Slammed onto the floor,” said Dennis Flores of the local cop-watching group El Grito de Sunset Park. “Her belly is now with black and blue bruises. She’s bleeding and she’s having complications.”

“I was afraid something happened to my baby. I am still afraid that something is wrong,” said Amezquita, who suffered vaginal bleeding after the incident over the weekend.

Amezquita was given a summons for disorderly conduct.

Photosource : NY Daily News