Eyewitness Video of Illinois Police Tasering a Pregnant Woman

CopBlock
Apr. 04, 2013


A woman who is eight months pregnant was tased by a Springfield, Illinois, police officer in a parking lot over the weekend in an incident that was caught on tape and has raised questions about the possible use of excessive force.

Bystander: “Hey she’s pregnant”
Officer “Get on the ground, now. Get on the ground.”
Woman: “I’m pregnant”
Officer: “Get on the ground, or you’ll get tazed”
Woman: “I’m pregnant”
Officer: “Get on the ground now, or you’ll get tazed”
Woman: “Hey, I’m pregnant”
Officer: “You’re getting tazed”

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