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To: Neeka who wrote (356548)3/29/2010 9:15:28 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (4) of 793939
 
Sounds like a hostile black woman.

Court upholds use of stun gun on pregnant woman who was resisting arrest

SEATTLE -- Three Seattle police officers were justified when they used a stun gun on a pregnant mother who refused to sign a traffic ticket, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. Malaika Brooks was driving her son to Seattle's African American Academy in 2004 when she was stopped for doing 32 mph in a school zone. She insisted that it was the car in front of her that was speeding and refused to sign the ticket because she thought she would be admitting guilt. Rather than give her the ticket and let her go on her way, the officers decided to arrest her. One reached in, turned off her car and dropped the keys on the floor. Brooks told the officers that she was pregnant but refused to get out, even after they threatened to stun her. The officers stunned her three times, in the thigh, shoulder and neck, and hauled her out of the car, laying her facedown in the street. Brooks gave birth to a healthy baby two months later, but she has scars from the Taser. Judges Cynthia Holcomb Hall and Diarmuid O'Scannlain held that the officers were justified in making an arrest because Brooks was obstructing them and resisting arrest. -- The Associated Press"

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