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US police taser pregnant woman: excessive police force or not?
Belfast Telegraph – Malaika Brooks, who was seven-and-a-half months pregnant, was driving her 11-year-old son to school when Seattle police flagged her down, on suspicion of speeding. She had been travelling, they claimed, at 32mph. The local speed limit was 20. Ms Brooks disagreed, saying her vehicle must have been mistaken for a black Honda which had just raced in front of her. She agreed to accept a speeding ticket, but refused to sign it, thinking – wrongly – that a signature would count as an admission of guilt. Read Article
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