NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police are investigating an altercation between officers and a pregnant woman that was captured on amateur video, officials said Wednesday.
The video shows an officer struggling with a woman who police say tried to intervene in the arrest of her 17-year-old son early Saturday morning in Brooklyn. The woman is taken to the ground on her stomach by the officer.
The woman, Sandra Amezquita, is 5 months pregnant, her attorney Sanford Rubenstein said .... http://bigstory.ap.org
